Thailand to retire its IAI Arava, to proceed with final six F-16 MLU upgrades

Thailand plans to convert two existing squadrons at Wing 4 in Nakhon Sawan to operate unmanned aerial vehicles. The government has also approve the conversion of last six F-16s at 403 squadron to MLU-standard.

4X-JUG Ian Woodrow
Ian Woodrow [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

402 and 404 squadron are slated for conversion, 402 will begin transition once the IAI Arava are retired from service.

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