By Thai Newsroom Reporters
THE AIR FORCE PLANS to retrieve the wreckage of a US-built T-28 Trojan light attack plane from the now-shallow Mekong river.
The wreckage of the North American Aviation T-28 turboprop plane which had nosedived and crashed into the international river in Thabor district of Nong Khai during the Vietnam War over five decades ago will be retrieved by the air force sooner or later, according to a wing commander.
The navy will likely be asked to assist in the planned retrieval of the remains of the trainer-turned-attack aircraft which will be put on display at the Air Force Museum in Bangkok, the air force officer said.
The T-28 light attack plane which was earlier believed to have been deployed by the Lao air force during the Vietnam War was finally proven as one used by the Thai air force, he said.
Found in the wreckage under the shallow Mekong River were the sand-filled canopy and tail section of the Trojan bearing the numeral 13, manifesting the combat aircraft as one used by the Thai air force for counter-insurgency missions.
The United States had provided the Thai air force with 120 T-28s, some of which had been delivered to the Lao air force at a later date during the war in addition to 69 aircraft of the same type earlier provided for the latter.
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Officials inspecting one of the parts of a T-28 Trojan light attack plane retrieved from Mekong river, above, and the fishermen who found the wreckage, Front Page. Photos: Naewna
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