Thai Air Force planes patrol airspace near Myanmar border as fighting escalates


BANGKOK: In a Facebook post on Wednesday (April 10), the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) announced that it has sent two F-16 fighter jets to patrol the airspace above Tak’s Mae Sot district on the border between Thailand and Myanmar to monitor the situation in the neighbouring country.

The RTAF move is in response to the Myanmar military’s sending of Russian-built MiG-29 fighter jets to fight Karen rebel forces in Myawaddy township, about 5km from the Mae Sot border checkpoint yesterday morning

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