The Development of Mission Management in Royal Thai Air Force’s Airlift Aircraft

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study the mission management of flying Royal Thai Air Force’s carrier-based aircraft and 2) how to develop it in a better way. This study was the qualitative research, key informants there were a commander and Royal Thai Air Force, Wing 6’s military employees responsible for flying Royal Thai Air Force’s Airlift Aircrafts, a total of 10 persons. Data collection tools in this research consisted of the structured interview. The interview questions were close-ended, able to be used with any interviewees who were asked the same ones. The research result was descriptively shown. According to the result, it was found that 1) in terms of support process in developing mission management in Royal Thai Air Force’s Airlift Aircrafts, the process was clearly described so the organization staffs could easily run their duty. In terms of strategic planning, it was found that the planning was efficient enough for properly managing the mission of the Airlift Aircrafts, serving for several missions at the same time, and solving problems smoothly. In terms of future aspect planning, it was found that the planning was suitable. It focused on the new trends of risks possible to occur such as a pandemic or natural disasters. In terms of the cost of transportation, the cost was high because some kinds of aircraft could be used in only one mission but there existed several missions that needed to be managed. Thus, aircraft should be served multi-purposedly. In terms of time management, the data reception & transmission center was established to smoothly run the workflow without any confusion and set plans in advance. 2) develop the management of flying Royal Thai Air Force’s carrier-based aircraft (1) the support process was practical enough for reaching the goals set by the organization itself during the systematic planning process. Therefore, the organization could efficiently fulfill its goals once the process was understandable. (2) The planning described how to manage various kinds of Airlift Aircrafts properly and most efficiently for current and future missions. (3) The mission management bought all of them into consideration so that the aircraft could be used abruptly within the designated time. Moreover, the evaluation, analysis, or even synthesis of the current situation were useful for managing the mission of Royal Thai Air Force’s Airlift Aircrafts, conforming to any changes of circumstances. (4) Besides, since there found limitations in aircraft collection, big-sized aircraft were used in carrying a few numbers of people and packages in some cases. And (5) the center decreased the managing time as the mission was managed more quickly, the technical error was fixed on time and time-consuming processes were deleted.