‘Director of the Air Force’ inspects the aviation unit Supporting personnel and equipment to extinguish forest fires and toxic dust in Chiang Mai

Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force inspects and builds morale Royal Thai Air Force’s forest fire control flight support operations team (front section) in the line of duty.at

12 April 2024 – Air Chief Marshal Phanpakdee Pattanakul, Commander of the Air Force (Commander of the Air Force), as Director of the Air Force Disaster Mitigation Center, along with Air Chief Marshal Worakrit Muk. Sri, Commander of the Air Operations Control Command As head of the Royal Thai Air Force Disaster Mitigation Working Group and the Royal Thai Air Force Disaster Mitigation Working Group traveled to Wing 41, Chiang Mai Province to inspect. Acknowledge results of practice, problems, objections, and suggestions. As well as building morale for the Royal Thai Air Force’s forest fire control flight support operations (front line).

by the Air Force Commander Listened to the briefing Visit the laboratory and inspected the Royal Thai Air Force’s aviation unit which was deployed at Wing 41 to carry out forest fire control missions. and Royal Rainmaking missions include Aviation Unit 2311, Aviation Unit 4021, Aviation Unit 4611 and Aviation Unit 2033, Royal Thai Air Force Disaster Mitigation Center. Has established an Air Force forest fire control flight support operation unit (front end) at Wing 41, Chiang Mai Province. There are 3 types of aircraft participating in the mission: DA-42 aircraft (Air Force Unit 4021) equipped with a Video Downlink (VDL) system used to broadcast images of the situation in Real Time for use in planning actions in a timely manner, BT-67 aircraft. (Air Force Unit 4611) Install equipment

For carrying water and wildfire control substances to scatter over the target area. and EC-725 helicopters (Air Force 2033) are used to transport forest firefighting kits to areas that are difficult to reach or transport. Patients from remote areas There is also an Alpha Jet aircraft (Aviation Unit 2311) performing a mission to make royal rain to stop hail from occurring at Wing 41 as well.

The Royal Thai Air Force continues to support personnel, equipment, and technology to integrate cooperation with various agencies in solving the problems of forest fires, smog, and small dust particles (PM 2.5) in Chiang Mai Province and 17 northern provinces. continuously It aims to quickly relieve the suffering of the people affected by the said problem.