at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum The museum was established in 1952 to collect, preserve and restore various airplanes and other aviation equipment used by the
Royal Thai Air Force. In addition to one
F11C and other rare aircraft, the museum's collection also includes one of only two surviving Japanese
Tachikawa Ki-36 trainers, the last surviving
Vought O2U Corsair, one of three surviving Curtiss
BF2C Goshawks, a
Spitfire and several
Nieuports and
Breguets. The museum provides details of Thailand's role in
World War II. Imperial Japanese forces landed at various points in Thailand on 8 December 1941, and after resisting for one day, the Thai forces were ordered to cease fire and allow Japanese forces to pass through the kingdom. The Thai government of Field Marshal Pibun Songkram would also declare war on both Britain and the United States in January 1942 (though the declaration was never delivered to the US by the Thai ambassador), and Thailand remained technically a Japanese ally until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, despite the existence of a large anti-Japanese underground. The museum contains several paintings of Thai fighter aircraft intercepting attacking US
B-29s,
P-38s and
P-51s.
Renovation Since 2012, the Royal Thai Air Force Museum has received basic repair. In 2020 the Royal Thai Air Force Museum renovated the Air Force Museum building area to prepare for the Royal Thai Air Force Academic Seminar 2020. The objectives of the renovation is to create an understanding of the RTAF Strategic Direction / Position, which recognizes the national defense industry in accordance with government policy which will lead to concrete Thailand 4.0 and raise awareness in the development of Sustainable and Smart Air Force with transparency and also enhance knowledge in every dimension (All Domains) in the development of the Air Force and listen to opinions from relevant parties to be a guideline for mobilization of national forces For the development of the Air Force. ==Aircraft on display==