PHOTOS: Chinese, US and Indian military jets perform in Bangkok air show
2025.03.08
Bangkok
Vortices are visible on its wings as a U.S. Air Force F-35A demonstration team fifth generation jet performs over Don Mueang air base in Bangkok, March 7, 2025.
Pimuk Rakkanam/RFA
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Air force aerobatic and demonstration teams from China, India and the United States streaked through Bangkok’s overcast skies Friday, in a rare joint-showcase to mark the 88th anniversary of the Royal Thai Air Force.
China’s August 1st Aerobatic Team of People’s Liberation Army Air Force, the U.S. Air Force’s F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team and the Indian Air Force Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team each performed separately, entertaining crowds at Don Mueang air base in the Thai capital.
Also present was Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, a former F-5 fighter jet pilot.
“We did not have special conditions to have both the U.S. and Chinese aircraft to join. Politics is set aside and mutual respect is there,” Air Marshal Punpakdee Pattanakul, Thailand’s air force chief, told reporters.
Radio Free Asia (RFA), a news service affiliated with BenarNews, produced this report.
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