Thailand Funds Upgrade For Four More F-5s

Credit: F-5E: Peng Chen
KUALA LUMPUR—Thailand, the last operator of the F-5E/F Tiger in Southeast Asia, will put four more of the light fighters into an extensive upgrade program that will keep them flying well into the 2030s. The cabinet’s Aug. 1 approval of the modernization work follows a 2015 decision to upgrade 10 F...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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