Editor's Foreword

Fokker 50 • Makung Air Base Command incl 1 Det with
F-CK-1A/B
Air Force Academy
incl Basic Trg Gp with T-34C; Ftr Trg Gp with AT-3;
Airlift Trg Gp with Beech 1900C 2
FORCES BY ROLE
Ftr 3 sqn with Mirage 2000-5EI (M-2000-5E)/Mirage
2000-5DI (M-2000-5D)
FGA 6 sqn with F-16A/F-16B Fighting Falcon; 1 sqn
with AT-3 Tzu-Chung; 3 sqn with F-5E/F-5F Tiger
II; 5 sqn with F-CK-1A/B Ching Kuo
Recce 1 sqn with RF-16A Fighting Falcon
EW 1 sqn with C-130HE Tien Gian
AEW 1 sqn with E-2T (E-2) Hawkeye
SAR 1 sqn with S-70C Black Hawk
Tpt 2 sqn with C-130H Hercules (1 EW); 1 (VIP) sqn
with B-727-100; B-737-800; Beech 1900; Fokker 50
Trg Trg school with T-34C Turbo Mentor; AT-3A/AT-
3B Tzu-chung
Hel sqn with CH-47 Chinook; S-70 Black Hawk; S-62A
(VIP)
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
AIRCRAFT 477 combat capable
FTR 291: 88 F-5E Tiger II/F-5F Tiger II (some in store); 146
F-16A/F-16B Fighting Falcon; 10 Mirage 2000-5DI (M-2000-
5D); 47 Mirage 2000-5EI (M-2000-5E)
FGA 150: 128 Ching Kuo; 22 Tzu-Chung AT-3
RECCE 8 RF-5E Tigereye
EW 2 C-130HE Tien Gian
AEW 6 E-2T (E-2) Hawkeye
TPT 39: 4 B-727-100; 1 B-737-800; 10 Beech 1900; 19 C-130H
Hercules (1 EW); 2 CC-47 (C-47) Skytrain; 3 Fokker 50
TRG 78: 36 AT-3A Tzu-Chung/AT-3B Tzu-Chung*; 42
T-34C Turbo Mentor
HELICOPTERS
SPT 34: 3 CH-47 Chinook; 14 S-70; 17 S-70C Black Hawk
UTL 1 S-62A (VIP)
MSL • TACTICAL
ASM AGM-65A Maverick; AGM-84 Harpoon
ARM Sky Sword IIA
AAM AIM-120C AMRAAM; AIM-4D Falcon; AIM-9J
Sidewinder/AIM-9P Sidewinder; MICA; R-550 Magic 2;
Shafrir; Sky Sword I/II
Paramilitary 17,000
Coast Guard 17,000
New service formed with the merging of agencies from
the ministry of finance, customs and marine police.
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 50
PSO 16: 2 Ho Hsing; 2 Taipei; 2 Mou Hsing; 1 Yun Hsing;
3 Dao Hsing; 4 Shun Hu; 2 Kinmen
East Asia and Australasia
PCO 1 Shun Hsing
PCC 20: 4 Hai Cheng; 4 Hai Ying; 12 (various)
PBF 13 (various)
FOREIGN FORCES
Singapore Army: 3 trg camp (incl inf and arty)
Thailand THA
429
Thai Baht b 2008 2009 2010
GDP b 9.10tr 8.63tr
US$ 273bn 259bn
per capita US$ 4,168 3,927
Growth % 2.6 -3.5
In�ation % 5.7 -1.2
Def bdgt b 143bn 169bn 151bn
US$ 4.29bn 5.13bn
US$1=b 33.3 33.3
Population 65,998,436
Ethnic and religious groups: Thai 75%; Chinese 14%; Muslim 4%
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 11% 4% 4% 5% 22% 4%
Female 11% 4% 4% 4% 23% 4%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 305,860 (Army 190,000 Navy 69,860 Air
46,000) Paramilitary 113,700
Terms of service 2 years
RESERVE 200,000 Paramilitary 45,000
ORGANISATIONS BY SERVICE
Army 120,000; ε70,000 conscript (total
190,000)
4 Regional Army HQ, 2 Corps HQ
FORCES BY ROLE
Armd Air Cav 1 regt (3 air mob coy)
Rapid Reaction 1 force (1 bn per region forming)
Cav 2 div; 1 indep regt
Recce 4 coy
Mech Inf 2 div
Armd Inf 3 div
Inf 8 indep bn
SF 2 div
Lt Inf 1 div
Arty 1 div
ADA 1 div (6 ADA bn)
Engr 1 div
Hel some flt
Economic
development
4 div
East Asia and
Australasia