If you’re hunting for Cambodian fighter jets, pack binoculars—and a time machine. There aren’t any. Phnom Penh’s “air force” is essentially a small logistics service built around aging transports and a few helicopters that mostly shuttle people and supplies. Meanwhile, Thailand fields an actual combat-capable air fleet with fighters, strike capacity, surveillance platforms, and the ability to surge, sustain, and win control of the sky. This isn’t a matchup; it’s a flyswatter versus a fighter jet.

The Scoreboard (and it isn’t close)

• Total aircraft: Thailand 493 vs Cambodia 25. Thailand has almost 20 times the fleet.

• Fighters & attack aircraft: Thailand 92 vs Cambodia 0. Thailand can scramble F‑16s; Cambodia can scramble a press release.

• Transports: Thailand 54 vs Cambodia 7. Even on the “haul boxes and medevac” niche, Thailand still dominates.

• Trainers: Thailand 135 vs Cambodia 0. Thailand can train pilots at scale; Cambodia can… hope someone else does.

• Special mission aircraft (AWACS, ISR, EW, etc.): Thailand 26 vs Cambodia 0. Thailand can see, sense, and coordinate. Cambodia flies blind.

• Total helicopters: Thailand 258 vs Cambodia 32. Thailand has more helicopters than Cambodia has aircraft—full stop.

• Attack helicopters: Thailand 7 vs Cambodia 0. Thailand brings gunships; Cambodia brings none.

Air Superiority? Thailand Has It by Default

Air wars are won first in the radar scope and then in the merge. Thailand possesses both the platforms and the doctrine to gain and hold air superiority. Cambodia lacks even the first rung on the ladder: fighter aircraft. Without fighters, without special-mission eyes in the sky, without a training pipeline, and without scale, Cambodia’s “air power” can’t contest the battlespace—it can barely enter it.

Logistics Wing vs. Fighting Force

Cambodia’s fleet is built to move people and things in permissive airspace. Thailand’s is built to detect, deter, and, if required, destroy. One side brings precision strike, integrated air defense suppression, and persistent ISR; the other brings a handful of aging utility aircraft that would be lucky to survive the first hour of a real shooting war.

Strategy by Reality Check

If tensions spike, Thailand doesn’t need to “win” the air war—it starts with it won. Cambodia’s only rational play is political: internationalize the crisis, call for UN intervention, and keep its aircraft on the ground. Because once they’re airborne, the mismatch gets solved at Mach speed.

Bottom Line

Cambodia’s air force isn’t an air force in any modern sense of the term. It’s a patchwork support wing. Thailand’s, by comparison, is a credible, layered, and lethal aerial capability. So when someone says “Cambodia vs Thailand: Air Power,” the only honest answer is: What air power?

Publicly reported estimates show a sustained rise in Barack Obama’s net worth from the early 1990s through 2025. Figures cited below reflect aggregated estimates circulating in public financial reporting and media tallies, alongside data disclosed in mandatory federal filings during his time in office. Exact current figures are not officially published; post‑presidential earnings derive primarily from book advances and royalties, speaking engagements, production agreements, and pensions provided under U.S. law.

Chronology of Reported Estimates (USD)

• 1990 – approximately 10,000
• 1993 – approximately 90,000
• 1995 – approximately 214,000
• 1998 – approximately 490,000
• 2000 – approximately 800,000
• 2002 – approximately 900,000
• 2004 – approximately 1,000,000
• 2005 – approximately 1,100,000
• 2006 – approximately 1,200,000
• 2008 – approximately 1,300,000
• 2009 – approximately 1,600,000
• 2010 – approximately 1,760,000
• 2011 – approximately 2,800,000
• 2012 – approximately 4,200,000
• 2013 – approximately 7,000,000
• 2014 – approximately 11,300,000
• 2015 – approximately 15,600,000
• 2016 – approximately 21,000,000
• 2017 – approximately 35,000,000
• 2018 – approximately 42,000,000
• 2019 – approximately 56,000,000
• 2020 – approximately 70,000,000
• 2022 – approximately 85,000,000
• 2023 – approximately 135,000,000
• 2025 – some estimates place the figure above 270,000,000

Declared and Identified Income Streams

• Federal salaries and pensions: Illinois State Senate, U.S. Senate, presidential salary, and post‑presidency pension entitlements under federal statute.
• Book income: Royalties and advances from multiple titles, including works published before, during, and after the presidency; additional household earnings from books authored by Michelle Obama are typically counted in joint net worth estimates.
• Speaking engagements: Honoraria reported after leaving office.
• Production and media agreements: Multi‑year content production deals announced after 2017.

Financial Disclosures During Office

• Annual federal financial disclosure forms filed between 2009 and 2016 reported asset ranges in broad bands, which indicated liquid assets and investments significantly below the levels estimated in later post‑presidential years. These filings do not provide precise net worth totals but outline ranges for assets, liabilities, and income categories as required by law.

Estimation Variability

• Post‑2017 figures vary widely across public estimators due to differences in methodology, treatment of joint spousal income, valuation of long‑term contracts, and assumptions about royalties and speaking fees. Some 2025 estimates exceed two hundred seventy million dollars; others remain substantially lower.

French President Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, have launched a defamation lawsuit against political commentator Candace Owens.

The lawsuit arises from Owens' repeated assertions that Brigitte Macron is a man, a claim the couple describes as a baseless smear campaign.

In response to the legal action, Owens stated, "You were born a man and you’ll die a man… See you in court."

The case comes amidst ongoing discussions regarding the boundaries of political discourse and personal attacks in the realm of social media and public life.

The Macrons have expressed their commitment to addressing false information and protecting their image.

The Timeline Thailand Recorded

07:35 AM — Thai checkpoint at Ta Muen Thom Temple detects Cambodian UAV (drone) noise over the temple front.
07:45 AM — Six Cambodian soldiers, armed with RPGs, are spotted advancing toward Thai operational bases.
08:20 AM — Cambodian troops open fire from roughly two hundred meters east of Ta Muen Temple.
09:40 AM — Thailand’s 2nd Army Region issues a statement: Khmer forces launched a heavy attack targeting civilians. A BM‑twenty‑one rocket fired from a mountain position hits Prasat Don Tau.
09:42 AM — Hun Sen posts on Facebook: “Khmer did not fire first.”

The sequence speaks for itself. Contact began from the Cambodian side before any Thai counter-action.

Civilians Were Targeted

BM‑twenty‑one rockets are area-saturation weapons, not precision tools. Firing them into Thai territory—striking civilian zones—violates humanitarian principles and Thailand’s sovereignty. Thailand has the duty and the right to defend its people.

To Global Media: Don’t Settle for Words—Demand the Files

If you are an international outlet or platform, don’t rely on crafted statements from either side. Ask for and publish:

1. Raw video and audio from Thai forward positions.

2. Drone, radar, and SIGINT logs confirming airspace violations and firing sequences.

3. Shell-fragment forensics and crater analysis to prove firing origin and trajectory.

4. Satellite imagery of launch points, especially the mountain position tied to the BM‑twenty‑one strike.

5. Time-stamped social posts and official communiqués aligned with battlefield events (e.g., the 09:42 denial following the 09:40 Thai statement).

Thailand is prepared to show the data, not just draft the narrative.

Thailand’s Position

• Cambodia initiated fire.

• Thai civilians were struck.

• Thailand will defend its people and territory, while presenting verifiable evidence to the international community.

The Bottom Line

Cambodia fired first. Thailand has the timeline, the recordings, and the impact sites to prove it. The world deserves transparent, verifiable proof—and Thailand is ready to provide exactly that.

The attacks began Thursday morning with a strike on a Thai military base near the Ta Muen Thom temple in Surin province and were followed by direct fire on civilian areas.

As of 2:15 PM, the Royal Thai Army reported damage across four provinces:

• Surin: Two civilians killed (including a child), four injured, five soldiers wounded.

• Ubon Ratchathani: One civilian killed, four seriously injured.

• Si Sa Ket: Eight civilians killed (including a 15-year-old), 15 injured, one soldier killed, two wounded.

• Buri Ram: One civilian injured.

Homes, farmland, and livestock were also damaged. In Surin’s Kap Choeng district, two BM-21 rockets hit a village during evacuation efforts, killing a twelve-year-old and an adult. Over 40,000 residents from 86 villages are being evacuated to shelters, with hospitals in the area also relocating patients due to nearby rocket strikes.

Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin condemned the attacks as a grave violation of human rights and Thai sovereignty. He confirmed that medical teams and emergency personnel have been deployed to support the wounded.

“The government will take all necessary measures to respond to this aggression and protect Thai citizens,” Mr Somsak said.

The Royal Thai Army strongly denounced the strikes, calling them inhumane and a breach of humanitarian principles.

“Thailand stands ready to defend its people and sovereignty against any further violations,” the army’s statement declared.

Emergency operations remain ongoing in affected areas, with the full extent of casualties and damage still under assessment.