Blue Phoenix

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Blue Phoenix
Active	2012–present
Country	Thailand
Branch	Royal Thai Air Force
Role	Aerobatic display team
Size	Five Pilots
Garrison/HQ	Flying Training School, Kamphaeng Saen Air Force Base
Colors	Red, White and Blue
Aircraft flown
Trainer	Five Pilatus PC-9s

Blue Phoenix are the first ever formed Royal Thai Air Force Aerobatic Team, which fly five blue, white and red painted Pilatus PC-9 aircraft, all fitted with white smoke generators. The team is a part of Flying Training School RTAF Squadron based at Nakhon Pathom's Kamphaeng Saen Air Force Base, and so the pilots are instructors from the same squadron. Blue Phoenix inheriting the aerobatic flying spirit from their former very own aerobatic team of the RTAF Flying School called “Sean Mueang” that was disbanded several decades ago.^[1]

RTAF use the immortal phoenix bird to represent the spirit of aviation of RTAF to remember the work of RTAF founding father work gave the birth of aviation in Thailand. It is also a symbol of the rebirth of aerobatic team of RTAF.

The team was formed in the beginning of 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of Thai Aviation. The team made their first public display on Children's Day 2012 at Don Mueang Force Air Base.^{[citation needed]}

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