Bangkok museum and command tours end Myanmar delegation’s visit
After viewing Thai military aircraft and exhibitions on royally initiated development work, the delegation flew back to Nay Pyi Taw on August 21.
- A Myanmar military delegation, led by General Ye Win Oo, concluded its visit to Thailand on August 21 after attending a high-level committee meeting.
- The delegation's itinerary included a tour of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Development Command, focusing on development projects, border monitoring, and counter-terrorism.
- The visit ended with a tour of the National Aviation Museum of the Royal Thai Air Force, where the group viewed historic aircraft, flight simulators, and other aviation equipment.
A special military aircraft carried General Ye Win Oo, Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, and his delegation from Thailand to Nay Pyi Taw during the evening of August 21.
While in Thailand, the group attended the 9th Thailand–Myanmar High-Level Committee Meeting and undertook visits in Bangkok on August 20 and 21.
General Kyaw Swar Lin, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief (Army), and General Tun Win, Commander-in-Chief (Air), welcomed the party at Nay Pyi Taw Airport.
The commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command, officials from the Thai Military Attaché Office in Myanmar and senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief joined them.
Their August 20 itinerary included the Royal Thai Armed Forces Development Command in Bangkok.
There, the visitors were received by the director-general of the Royal Development Projects Office and watched a documentary tracing the headquarters’ history.
The subjects presented there included development study centres, water management, projects carried out under royal initiatives and the history of Thailand’s monarchs.
For the network’s border-area projects, the material combined infrastructure development data and progress information with maps and monitoring systems.
Other items shown included emergency rescue machinery and communications and technology facilities, together with an exhibition on the Counter-Terrorism Operations Centre.
The following afternoon, August 21, the group moved to the National Aviation Museum of the Royal Thai Air Force in Don Mueang district.
Staff explained objects displayed indoors and outdoors.
Fighters and helicopters were among the aircraft presented.
Some of the historic planes had formerly been used by members of the Thai royal family and distinguished guests.
Beyond the aircraft, the delegation inspected flight simulators, aviation communications equipment, weapons, other equipment and material tracing changes in military uniforms over time.
The museum dates to 1952 and is located at Don Mueang Royal Thai Air Force Base.
It was created to collect, preserve and restore aircraft and other aviation-related equipment after their use by the Royal Thai Air Force.
Beyond these, its holdings comprise an aviation library, airbase equipment, historical air force uniforms, communications devices and military communications equipment.
F-5A, F-16A and Gripen fighters form part of a collection that also contains transport aircraft and military helicopters.
Historical exhibits include the Baribatra bomber, Thailand’s first bomber to be both designed and produced domestically, and two rare types from the Second World War, the Tachikawa Ki-36 and Curtiss Hawk III.
Source: Eleven Myanmar
