List of Commanders of the Royal Thai Air Force
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The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force , currently Air Chief Marshal
Air Chief Marshal
Air chief marshal is a senior 4-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

 Itthaporn Subhawong
Itthaporn Subhawong
Air Chief Marshal Itthaporn Subhawong b. 1952 was appointed the 21st Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force on the 1st of October 2008.Itthaporn Subhawong was born on 6 January 1952 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand...

, who is headquartered in Bangkok. The following officers have had command of the entire Royal Thai Air Force
Royal Thai Air Force
The Royal Thai Air Force or RTAF is the air force of the Kingdom of Thailand. Since its establishment in 1913, as one of the earliest air forces of Asia, the Royal Thai Air Force had engaged in many major and minor battles. During the Vietnam war era, the air force has been developed with USAF-aid...

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No. Name Term begins Term ends
1 Field Marshal
Field Marshal
Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...

 Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath
Chakrabongse Bhuvanath
Field Marshal Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh, Prince of Phitsanulok, , was the fortieth child of King Chulalongkorn and the fourth child of Queen Sri Bajarindra....

1913 1915
2 Major General
Major General
Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

 Phraya Chalerm Akas
1915 1932
3 Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

 Phraya Vehasayan Silapasit
1932 1935
4 Group Captain
Group Captain
Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. It ranks above wing commander and immediately below air commodore...

 Munee Mahasanthana Vejayantarungsarit
1935 1937

Royal Thai Air Force

No. Name Term begins Term ends
1 Air Marshal
Air Marshal
Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

 Munee Mahasanthana Vejayantarungsarit
1937 1941
2 Air Marshal Luang Atuegtevadej 1941 1943
3 Air Marshal Luang Tevaritpanluek 1943 1949
4 Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force
Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force
Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force is a 5-star rank and the most senior rank in the Royal Thai Air Force. It is equivalent to a Field Marshal in the Royal Thai Army and an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Thai Navy...

 Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee
Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee
Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee was a Royal Thai Air Force officer who served as the Commander of the Royal Thai Air Force from 1949 to 1957....

1949 1957
5 Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force Chalermkiat Vatthanangkun 1957 1960
6 Air Chief Marshal
Air Chief Marshal
Air chief marshal is a senior 4-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

 Bunchu Chantharubeksa
1960 1974
7 Air Chief Marshal Kamon Dechatungkha 1974 1977
8 Air Chief Marshal Phaniang Kantharat 1977 1981
9 Air Chief Marshal Thaklaeo Susillavorn 1981 1983
10 Air Chief Marshal Prapan Dhupatemiya 1983 1987
11 Air Chief Marshal Voranat Aphichari 1987 1989
12 Air Chief Marshal Kaset Rotjananil 1989 1992
13 Air Chief Marshal Kanth Pimanthip 1992 1993
14 Air Chief Marshal MR Siripong Thongyai 1993 1996
15 Air Chief Marshal Amon Naewmalee 1996 1997
16 Air Chief Marshal Thananit Niumtundhi 1997 1999
17 Air Chief Marshal Sanan Tuatip 1999 2000
18 Air Chief Marshal Pong Manesilp 2000 2002
19 Air Chief Marshal Kongsak Wanthana 2002 31 July 2005
Air Chief Marshal Chalerm Choomchuensook
(acting)
31 July 2005 30 August 2005
20 Air Chief Marshal Chalit Pookpasuk
Chalit Pookpasuk
Air Chief Marshal Chalit Pookpasuk was Thai air force officer, Commander of the Royal Thai Air Force, and acting chairman of Council for National Security, the junta that overthrew the government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the 2006 coup d'état.-Biography:Chalit graduated from...

2005 2008
21 Air Chief Marshal Itthaporn Subhawong
Itthaporn Subhawong
Air Chief Marshal Itthaporn Subhawong b. 1952 was appointed the 21st Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force on the 1st of October 2008.Itthaporn Subhawong was born on 6 January 1952 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand...

2008 Present

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