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Royal Thai Naval Air Division
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The Royal Thai Naval Air Division or RTNAD (Thai: กองบินทหารเรือ) is the Naval aviation of the Royal Thai Navy. The division was officially established on 7 December 1926.[1] The RTNAD has two air wings and one Flying Unit of HTMS Chakri Naruebet, operating 23 fixed-wing aircraft and 26 helicopters[3] from U-Tapao, Songkhla, and Phuket. The First Royal Thai Navy wing has three squadrons; the Second Royal Thai Navy wing has three squadrons and another wing for HTMS Chakri Naruebet Flying Unit.

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History

The establishment Royal Thai Naval Air Division began in 1921, when the Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartivongse gave an opinion to the Naval Command Council of Ministry of the Navy on 23 November 1921.[1] The Naval Aviation Division was expedient to set up an air fleet using Sattahip as a base with 2 seaplanes. The Naval Command Council approved this proposal on 7 December 1926.[1]

Later, the Royal Thai Naval Air Division has more aircraft living with Royal Thai Air Force Place there are some inconveniences so in 1957, the Navy built the Airport coming up at Ban Utapao, Rayong Province by using the navy budget during construction, the United States offered construction assistance and requested to use some parts of U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in return.

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Structure

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The headquarters of Royal Thai Naval Air Division has 10 commanding units as follows:[4]

  • Personnel Division
  • Intelligence Division
  • Operations Division
  • Logistics Division
  • Division of Communication and Information Technology
  • Budget Division
  • Technical Affairs and Flight Safety Division
  • Division of Engineering Plans
  • Administration Department
  • Finance Department

Commands

Royal Thai Naval Air Division is a combat unit under commissioned of Royal Thai Fleet. The aviation division is divided into 6 regiments, corresponding to one additional command unit namely; Wing 1 Regiment, Wing 2 Regiment, Air Operations Control Regiment, The Flight Station Regiment, Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Center Regiment, Security Regiment and one additional command unit of HTMS Chakri Naruebet Flying Unit.[4]

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U-Tapao RTNAF
U-Tapao RTNAF
Songkhla RTNAF
Songkhla RTNAF
Nakorn Phanom RTNAF
Nakorn Phanom RTNAF
Narathiwat RTNAF
Narathiwat RTNAF
Phuket RTNAF
Phuket RTNAF
Chanthaburi  RTNAF
Chanthaburi RTNAF
Royal Thai Navy Airfields
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Squadrons

The following squadrons are currently active with the Royal Thai Naval Division.[6]

SquadronEquipmentWingRTAF BaseNotes
101 Naval Air SquadronDornier 228Naval Air Wing 1U-Tapao
102 Naval Air SquadronFokker F27Naval Air Wing 1U-Tapao
103 Naval Air SquadronCessna 337 Super SkymasterNaval Air Wing 1U-Tapao
104 Naval Air SquadronSchiebel Camcopter S-100, Aeronautics Defense OrbiterNaval Air Wing 1U-Tapao
201 Naval Air SquadronFokker F27, Embraer ERJ-135LRNaval Air Wing 2U-Tapao
202 Naval Air SquadronBell 212, Eurocopter EC145Naval Air Wing 2U-Tapao
203 Naval Air SquadronSikorsky S-76, Super Lynx 300Naval Air Wing 2U-Tapao
1 HTMS Chakri Naruebet Flying Squadron-HTMS Chakri Naruebet Flying UnitU-Tapao
2 HTMS Chakri Naruebet Flying SquadronSH-70B Seahawk, MH-60S KnighthawkHTMS Chakri Naruebet Flying UnitU-Tapao
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Aircraft

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Royal Thai Navy Fokker27-MK 400
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Dornier Do-228-212
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Embraer ERJ-135LR of the Royal Thai Navy
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Royal Thai Navy Sikorksy S-76B
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Elbit Hermes 900
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Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack
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Camcopter S-100
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Historic aircraft

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Canadair CL-215
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A-7E Corsair II
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Lockheed P-3 Orion
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Grumman HU-16B Albatross
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AV-8S Matador
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Rank structure

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