61674 (US FY # 76-1674) pictured taking off during exercise "Cope Tiger 2011" was part of a 1st batch of 17 new F-5E Tigers delivered to the Royal Thai AF in 1978/79. It served in different RTAF wings / squadrons and as such had as many military codes applied: '10232', '71132', '71114', '70114/SRT', '70145' and finally '21111'. Two times upgraded by Elbit: first to F-5T Tigris around 2004 and then some ten years later to F-5TH Super Tigris. Based at Surat Thani (SRT) and assigned to Wing 7 / 701 squadron when this picture was taken, before being transferred to 211 squadron in October 2012.

The airframe pictured here is modified with the "Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System" (ATARS), thus becoming an F/A-18D(RC). The installation of the electro-optical sensor system required the standard M61 cannon to be removed. ATARS was only installed in USMC all-weather-attack squadron F/A-18D's. Four such units operated three F/A-18D(RC) each, meaning at least 12 Hornets were modified (even though some reports suggest as many as 60). South Carolina based VMFA(AW)-533 "Hawks" operated the F/A-18D between 1992 and 2022. This bird was previously assigned to VMFA(AW)-332.