Thailand becomes first foreign customer of AT-6 light-attack aircraft

[TKDfella]

5 hours ago, rwill said:

or to control your own citizens

 

More us 'dirty farangs, Ha.

[PETERTHEEATER]

I suggest that the Thai aircraft are delivered without the childish 'shark teeth' and instead substituted with a set of full red shiny lips......

[tifino]

a Piper Enforcer instead!! not THAT really would do a great job ???? 

 

the AT6-B looks mostly an emulation of the PC-9 series

 

there's quite a few studies of the same aircraft in OP 

 https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001492530.html

[mahtin]

Sorry about the interdepartmental misunderstanding, we'll take the free vaccines now after all.

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

I suggest that the Thai aircraft are delivered without the childish 'shark teeth' and instead substituted with a set of full red shiny lips......

Teeth scares away the attacking forces ... 

Snap of local Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker coming if for landing

Edited November 15, 2021 by KhunLA

[PETERTHEEATER]

Scared? The guys on the ground would laugh themselves to death....????

[DaveCW]

"to conduct a broad array of missions in support of border security as well as anti-smuggling, counternarcotics and anti-human trafficking operations."

 

A drone would be better suited to these roles as they could stay on task for longer, cheaper etc. 

[bangon04]

14 hours ago, ezzra said:

Better yet, good aircraft if you don't have enemies coz if you do, the AT-6 are no better than a crop duster...

they will be useful to clean the deck of the Thai aircraft carrier......

 

[bangon04]

3 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

I suggest that the Thai aircraft are delivered without the childish 'shark teeth' and instead substituted with a set of full red shiny lips......

a Thai Smile, naturally......

[zzaa09]

13 hours ago, Thailand said:

Quite useful if the peasants are revolting.

Other than that lumbering boys toys.

Of course. 

The only reason why a military exist - to keep the uppity domestic population in order. 

Nothing more, nothing less.

[Daithi85]

 

5 hours ago, TKDfella said:

More us 'dirty farangs, Ha.

Still hanging onto the dirty farang comment, time to let it go bro it was 2 years ago. 

[KhaoYai]

15 hours ago, henry213 said:

 

To avoid paying for vaccines.

[Albert Zweistein]

Needed to fight poverty ?

[Captain Monday]

22 hours ago, ezzra said:

Better yet, good aircraft if you don't have enemies coz if you do, the AT-6 are no better than a crop duster...

Imagine when you graduate US Air Force  SUPT and get selected for the AT-6 program. Somebody's gotta  fly 'em.???? 

Edited November 15, 2021 by Captain Monday

[JustAnotherHun]

All wrong.

The BMW smart cars are not good at dirt roads in Isan so they needed smart airplanes to track overstayers. 

[Soikhaonoiken]

Words fail me.... The Government doesn't have enough money to purchase good quality covid 19 vaccine, and relies on Donations from orher Countries,, but then  goes and purchase aircraft which are not fit for purpose.... 

Edited November 15, 2021 by Soikhaonoiken
Wrong spelling

[steven100]

I give them a couple of years before they all end up sitting in some grave yard up in Nakon Nowhere due to lack of maintenance & spare parts.

[Ralf001]

On 11/15/2021 at 4:06 AM, bluebluewater said:

Good if you want to fly low and slow . . . .

Sounds like the perfect aircraft to conduct a broad array of missions in support of border security as well as anti-smuggling, counternarcotics and anti-human trafficking operations.

[Orinoco]

10 hours ago, Daithi85 said:

 

Still hanging onto the dirty farang comment, time to let it go bro it was 2 years ago. 

That comment will never go away, whilst he stays in office.

And rightly so.

 

[herfiehandbag]

22 hours ago, thaibook said:

Quite so.  My only question is why 8?  Unless Royal Thai Airforce has sublimely efficient maintenance and aircrew only six will be available at any time.  I would have thought two or three times the number so they can have groups of four (three available for flight) at various air fields would have been more sensible.  Now that TG is slimming down, or perhaps even evaporating, there will be less competition for pilots.  (A nephew of my wife is a TG pilot.  When ging through flight training he was the only one new to flying, all the others had been pilots in the Royal Thai Airforce.)  

8 were all they could afford, but were sufficient to provide attractive incentives to the Generals/politicians involved.

 

Deployment and use were not considered.

Edited November 16, 2021 by herfiehandbag

[sungod]

16 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

I suggest that the Thai aircraft are delivered without the childish 'shark teeth' and instead substituted with a set of full red shiny lips......

And a red nose....

 

Or on another note.......

 

 

 

 

[ourdon]

11 hours ago, Daithi85 said:

 

Still hanging onto the dirty farang comment, time to let it go bro it was 2 years ago. 

The comment and the attitude should not be forgotten when the speaker and the same attitude are still with us.

 

I trust but I'll keep my powder dry.

[HappyGoLuckyLife]

Top Gun, this isn't.