Punpakdee Pattanakul () is a retired Royal Thai Air Force officer who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force from 2023 to 2025.ส่องประวัติ'ผบ.เหล่าทัพ'ชุดใหม่ 'ตท.23-ตท.24' ผงาดคุมกองทัพ
Early life and education Punpakdee was born in Pak Phraek Subdistrict, Thung Song district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, in 1965. He attended Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School and Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Royal Thai Air Force Academy.
In 2020, he served as the Director of Directorate of Intelligence. In 2021 he served as Chief of the Air Staff before served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force in the next year.ส่องประวัติ'ผบ.เหล่าทัพ'ชุดใหม่ 'ตท.23-ตท.24' ผงาดคุมกองทัพ and got appointed in 2023.
Honours
2025 – Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant 2023 – Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand 2001 – Freemen Safeguarding Medal (Second Class, Second Category) 2015 – Chakra Mala Medal 2025 – Commander of the Legion of Merit 2025 – Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)
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