Blue Phoenix are the first ever formed
Royal Thai Air Force Aerobatic Team, which fly five blue, white and red painted
Pilatus PC-9 aircraft, all fitted with white smoke generators. The team is a part of Flying Training School RTAF Squadron based at Nakhon Pathom's Kamphaeng Saen Air Force Base, and so the pilots are instructors from the same squadron. Blue Phoenix inheriting the aerobatic flying spirit from their former very own aerobatic team of the RTAF Flying School called “Sean Mueang” that was disbanded several decades ago.
RTAF use the immortal
phoenix bird to represent the spirit of aviation of RTAF to remember the work of RTAF founding father work gave the birth of aviation in Thailand. It is also a symbol of the rebirth of aerobatic team of RTAF.
The team was formed in the beginning of 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of
Thai
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** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand
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Aviation. The team made their first public display on Children's Day 2012 at Don Mueang Force Air Base.
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Aerobatic teams
Military units and formations established in 2012
2012 establishments in Thailand
Royal Thai Air Force