The Royal Thai Air Force yesterday appealed a decision by a sub-committee of the House of Representatives to exclude its plan to procure two F-35A fighter jets from the US at a cost of 7.4 billion baht from the government's 2023 fiscal budget.
The House sub-committee inspecting the air force's proposed purchase of the fighter jets, which is a part of the 2023 budget bill being vetted, had on Monday resolved to exclude the jet procurement plan for two main reasons, said Yuttapong Charasathien, a Pheu Thai Party MP for Maha Sarakham in his capacity as deputy chairman of the sub-committee.
The first was a lack of information as to whether the US Congress will actually sell the jets.
