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The Thai military is moving toward making the American-made UH-72A Lakota Thailand’s main light-utility helicopter with the army planning to add on to last year’s order of 15 Airbus Helicopters choppers with more to replace its ageing fleet of Vietnam-era aircraft, reports today the Bangkok Post.
Thailand's army chief Udomdej Sitabutr said Friday that the US-made helicopter is the choice for the army as part of the plan to modernise its helicopter fleet in the 2016 fiscal year.
The UH-72A Lakota is a non-arms-bearing helicopter which can perform medical and casualty evacuations, provide disaster relief, aid in homeland defense and also work to counter drugs and narcotics.
He did not detail which of the four variants of the militarised Eurocopter EC145 the military was considering, but an army source said earlier that the army was eyeing UH-72A, an unarmed utility military version of the EC145.
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