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F-35 purchase plan still needs US OK

Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) chief ACM Napadej Dhupatemiya, left, shakes hands with Gen Ken Wilsbach, commander of the US’s Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), during the former’s visit to Hawaii, which ended on Saturday. Topics discussed between the two sides included regional security, the pursuit of a free and open Indo-Pacific region and joint efforts to modernise the RTAF. The Royal Thai Air Force

Uncertainty remains over whether the United States will approve the Royal Thai Air Force’s (RTAF) plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets, according to sources.

This is despite the RTAF’s move to ask the commander of the US’s Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) to throw support behind the procurement plan, one RTAF source said.

The cabinet on Jan 11 approved RTAF’s plan to purchase four US fighter jets starting in…

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