# RTAF Security Force Command

The RTAF Security Force Command (Thai: หน่วยบัญชาการอากาศโยธิน) is a Division size unit in the Royal Thai Air Force. It has been in existence since 1937. They are based near Don Mueang International Airport. The RTAF Security Force Command is the main air force ground forces and special forces which providing light infantry for anti-hijacking capabilities, protecting air bases and high value assets, protecting international airport in insurgent areas. It also serves as the Royal Thai Air Force Special Operations Regiment (RTAF SOR) which consists of various units such as Combat Control Team (CCT), Pararescue Jumpers (PJs), Tactical Air Control Party (TACP). Ground forces in this unit use textbooks similar to those used by Royal Thai Army infantrymen, whether it is in terms of first aid, forward observer, hand and arm signals, hand-to-hand combat, jungle warfare, light and heavy weapons, living off the jungle, radio communications, raiding and reconnaissance tactics, use a map and compass, and other knowledge related to infantry. But with the fact that they are an air force ground force, they have received additional training with an emphasis on protection air base and airport in response to the mission of the agency. Therefore, they received additional training about CBRN defense, combat and patrolling in urban areas, counter-sabotage air base and airport, CQB and CQC, crowd control when chaos near air base and airport, inspection and interception techniques before entering the air base and airport, defense reconnaissance in air base and airport areas, respond to anti-hijacking capabilities, using advanced technology to against aircraft threats and support air operations, and other skills related to self-defense on the battlefield if the fire base is attacked or attacked while moving.

## History

Royal Thai Air Force Security Force Command at that time it was called infantry division, established by the influence of RAF Regiment. It organized according to the official rate of the Royal Thai Air Force in 1937 so-called "military regulations on the determination of the Air Force personnel 80" used on 6 September 1937. At the Air Force rate it assigned to has the infantry division consist of commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and private. This infantry division is up to the Commander of the Wing. The infantry division be stationed on Wing 1 to Wing 5, the first five infantry divisions were the first of its kind in the Royal Air Force that means Security Force Regiment was happened in the air force.

## Organization
### RTAF:Security Force Command

Royal Thai Air Force Security Force Command consist of 3 main regiments and multiple support units. Additionally, one separated air base protection battalions and one separated anti-aircraft battalions are station in each air bases.
* RTAF: Security Force Training Center
* RTAF: Security Force Regiment, The King's Guard
** RTAF: 1st Security Force Battalion, The King's Guard
** RTAF: 2nd Security Force Battalion, The King's Guard
** RTAF: 3rd Security Force Battalion, The King's Guard
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 1
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 2
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 3
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 4
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 5
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 7
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 21
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 23
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 41
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 46
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/WING 56
** RTAF: Security Force Battalion/Flying Training School
* RTAF: Anti - Aircraft Regiment,
** RTAF: 1st Anti - Aircraft Battalion
** RTAF: 2nd Anti - Aircraft Battalion
* RTAF: Special Operations Regiment (Commando)
** RTAF: 1st Special Operation Battalion ( Commando )
** RTAF: 2nd Special Operation Battalion ( Pararescuemen )
** RTAF: 3rd Special Operation Battalion ( Combat Control Team )
** RTAF: Aerial Support Company
** RTAF: Combat Search and Rescue Center (CSAR) (Pararescuemen)
* RTAF: Music Division

## Equipment
### Small arms

| Model | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
| Pistols |||||
| M1911 pistol | Thailand/ United States | Semi-automatic pistol | .45 ACP | M1911A1 |
| Smith & Wesson M&P | United States | Semi-automatic pistol | .22 LR | M&P18M&P15 |
| Colt Commander | United States | Semi-automatic pistol | .38 Super | |
| Browning Hi-Power | Belgium | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | |
| Shotguns |||||
| Remington Model 870 | United States | Shotgun | 12 gauge | |
| Assault rifles |||||
| M16 rifle | Thailand/ United States | Assault rifle | 5.56mm | A1 |
| Heckler & Koch HK33 | Thailand/ Germany | Assault rifle | 5.56mm | HK33A3 |
| Bushmaster M4-type Carbine | United States | Carbine | 5.56mm | |
| Submachine guns |||||
| Uzi | Israel | Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | |
| Machine guns |||||
| M60 machine gun | United States | General purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | |
| M2 Browning machine gun | United States | Heavy machine gun | .50 BMG | |
| Grenade launchers |||||
| XM148 grenade launcher | United States | Grenade launcher | 40 mm grenade | |
| M203 grenade launcher | United States | Grenade launcher | 40 mm grenade | |
| Mortars |||||
| M1 mortar | United States | Mortar | 81 mm mortar | |

### Land vehicles

| Model | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
| Cadillac Gage Commando | United States | Armored car | 12 | With 12.7mm and 7.62mm MG |
| Condor | Germany | Armored car | 18 | With 20mm and 7.62mm MG |

### Air-defense weapons

| Model | Origin | Type | Notes |
| KS-1C | China | Surface-to-air missile system | 1 Battery |
| ADATS | Switzerland | Laser-guided supersonic missile | 4 Fixed emplacement/semi-mobile |
| RBS 70 | Sweden | Man-portable air-defence system | |
| QW-2 Vanguard 2 | China | Man-portable air-defence system | |
| MK 30 | Germany | Anti Aircraft Artillery | MK 30 Rheinmetall Mauser Mod. F - 8 Twin 30mm Anti Aircraft Artillery |
| Bofors 40mm L/70 | Sweden | Anti Aircraft Artillery | 40mm Anti Aircraft Artillery |
| Type 74 | China | Anti Aircraft Artillery | Twin 37mm Anti Aircraft Artillery |

### Radar systems

| Model | Origin | Type | Notes |
| AN/FPS-117 | United States | Long Range 3D Air Search Radar | RTADS I. |
| Martello-743D | United Kingdom | Long Range 3D Air Search Radar | RTADS l/ll. |
| AN/FPS-130X | United States | Long Range 3D Air Search Radar | RTADS lll. |
| AN/TPS-78 | United States | Long Range 3D Air Search Radar | RTADS ll. |
| AN/TPS-79 | United States | Long Range 3D Air Search Radar | RTADS ll. |
| DR-162 ADV | United States | Short Range 2D Air Search Radar | |
| AN/TPS-703 | United States | Mobile Long Range 3D Air Search Radar | |
| Giraffe-180/40 | Sweden | Mobile Medium Range 2D Air Search Radar | |
| ASR | Japan | Airport Surveillance Radar | |
| DWSR-88C | United States | Weather Radar | |
| TVDR-3501C | United States | Weather Radar | |
| TVDR-2500C | United States | Mobile Weather Radar | |
| KRONOS Radar Systems | Italy | Air Search Radar | |
| C2ADS | Thailand | Air Search Radar | |

## Engagements

* World War II
** Franco-Thai War
** Japanese invasion of Thailand
** Pacific War
** South-East Asian Theatre
** Malayan Campaign
** Burma Campaign
** Bombing of Bangkok
** Bombardment of Southeast Asia
* Cold War
** Korean War
** Malayan Emergency
** Laotian Civil War
** Cambodian Civil War
** Vietnam War
** Communist insurgency in Thailand
** Communist insurgency in Malaysia
** Third Indochina War
** Cambodian–Vietnamese War
** Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
** Thai–Laotian Border War
* The Hijacking of Garuda Flight GA 206 (Woyla Operation) 1981
* 1999 East Timorese crisis
** International Force East Timor
* Southern Insurgency
* 2003 Phnom Penh riots
** Operation Pochentong
* Cambodian–Thai border dispute