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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Second Saab 340 AEW for RTAF delivered


The Royal Thai Air Force now has two new, rather strange-looking, aircraft.

At first glance they look like ordinary small passenger planes with turboprop engines. If you take a closer look, however, you will see that each is equipped with a long box-like container on the top of the fuselage.

The aircraft, the Saab AEW from Sweden, is an early warning aircraft and the box-like container holds its radar system.

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