RTARF Celebrates First Official Flight Operation with Female Pilot on Board

RTARF Celebrates First Official Flight Operation with Female Pilot on Board

The Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) achieved a historic milestone by conducting its first official flight operation with a female pilot on board. The mission, titled “First Flight with Nanticha,” was carried out by a Royal Thai Survey Department Beechcraft King Air 350. The crew included Major Watcharaphat Buranachai as pilot, Sub-Lieutenant Nanticha Suphachai as co-pilot, and Lieutenant Wisut Suktawee as mechanic. RTARF Chief General Songwit No…

Big Op introduces the first female pilot of the Royal Thai Army Headquarters, special flight First flight with NANTICHA under the concept that everyone, every rank, every gender, every age, is an important person for the Thai Army On May 13, 2025, General Songwit Noonpakdee, the Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (C-in-C) traveled to Loei Province on a Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft, number 93311, from Bangkok to Loei Province. T…