Thai Queen Flies Gripen Fighter Jet Solo, Becomes 1st Reigning Queen to Pilot a Modern Combat Jet Alone

Thailand’s Queen Suthida flew a solo sortie in the Royal Thai Air Force’s Saab JAS 39C Gripen fighter jet, becoming the first Thai female Gripen pilot and the first reigning Queen anywhere in the world to fly a modern combat jet solo. Without an instructor or a co-pilot in the back seat, Thailand’s Queen Suthida […]
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- World
- Topics
- Defence & security
- First reported by
- Eurasian Times
- Reporter
- sakshi tiwari
- Published
- Saturday, 10 October 2026, 7:19 am IST
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