F-35B

Credit: Lockheed Martin

SINGAPORE—The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is considering purchasing as many as eight Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs as part of its modernization to replace its aging fleet of Northrop F-5E/Fs and F-16A/Bs. The Bangkok Post reported that RTAF Air Chief Marshal Napadej Dhupatemiya said the F-35s’…