Thailand Modernizing More F-5s And Plans Further T-50 Order

Credit: Korea Aerospace Industries
Perhaps it is just a coincidence, but ever since the armed forces took control in Thailand, new military equipment programs are turning up every few weeks. The latest is a plan to put four more Northrop Grumman F-5E/F Tigers through a modernization program that itself is being expanded in scope...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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