PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR SUPPORTING STEALTH AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY OF THE ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the personnel development strategy for supporting stealth aircraft technology of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) by applying the Ethnographic Delphi Futures Research (EDFR) technique. The researcher used the purposive sampling for selecting 21 experts who are well recognized in the field of Personnel, Operations, Modern equipment and Education of the RTAF. The tool for collecting data is the semi-structured interview form, questionnaire, and focus group discussion. The statistics used for data analysis were median, mode and interquartile range.

               The findings are as follows: There are four competencies for supporting stealth aircraft technology of the RTAF 1) Core Competencies, 2) Managerial Competencies, 3) Functional Competencies, and 4) Specific Competencies. The five personnel development guidelines for supporting stealth aircraft technology of the RTAF are 1) Capacity enhancement, 2) Curriculum and content, 3) Strengthening, 4) Organization and cooperation, and 5) Continuing development. Personnel development strategy for supporting stealth aircraft technology of the RTAF consists of 5 strategies namely: 1) Strengthening the personnel capacity, 2) Development of curriculum and content, 3) Creativity, skills and experience in personnel, 4) Development of organization and cooperation, and 5) Strengthening of continuous development.