The Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Royal Air Force Academy () (NKRAFA) is a

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for officer cadets of the

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History

Unit colours of the Air Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, RTAF

In 1950, the Royal Air Force (RTAF) started recruiting officers who completed their training from other institutions to work in the air force. Over time, as the number of military operations increased, the air force saw a need to build an air force academy to specifically train new cadets. In the same year, the Directorate of Education and Training of the RTAF proposed to the commander for the creation of such an academy and this was approved by the cabinet on 14 November 1952. The academy was officially opened on 7 May 1953 as the Royal Thai Air Force Academy, with the first intake of 30 cadets. The academy was then moved to its current location on 24 June 1963 near

Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base is approximately 40 kilometres north of central Bangkok and is the main operating and command base for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). In addition, units of the Royal Thai Army and Royal Thai Police have perso ...

. In 2013,

King Bhumibol Adulyadej Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

renamed the academy as the Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Royal Thai Air Force Academy, in commemoration of the academy's 60th year. In 2017, Royal Thai Air Force proceeds to build a new Royal Air Force Academy at

Muak Lek District Muak Lek ( th, มวกเหล็ก, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Saraburi province, Thailand. It occupies the province's easternmost part, in the Dong Phaya Yen Mountains which divide the central and northeastern regions. Originally a fo ...

, Saraburi Province with a budget of 5 billion baht due to the old location that is cramped. The new air force academy has its own airport to support the CT-4 training plane, able to connect with Wing 1 Nakhon Ratchasima, Wing 2 Lopburi and Wing 6 Don Mueang, as well as installing modern aviation equipment and technology to supports digital networking bypassing the environmental impact survey and comparative studies with leading international air academy overseas in order to produce quality military officers. The academy completed a construction in 2020 and open for teaching and learning for air cadet in 2023 onwards.

Curriculum

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and Aviation management **

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** Military and Aerospace Materials

Air Force Cadet Regiment, King's Guard

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References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia. {{Authority control Military academies of Thailand Royal Thai Air Force Sai Mai district Educational institutions established in 1953 1953 establishments in Thailand Institutes of higher education in Thailand

History

Curriculum

Air Force Cadet Regiment, King's Guard

See also

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