Cambodian troops claimed 3 Thai F-16s launched attacks from the air against Cambodian troops

Col. Neak Vong giving interviews to journalists in 2008 at Ta Moan Thom temple as Thai troops look on in the background.

Source: Koh Santepheap

Cambodian troops had heard loud explosions coming from three Thai fighter jets that were flying along the borderline where the fighting between Cambodian and Thai troops were taking place this afternoon. People and Cambodian troops said they had heard 6-8 explosions coming from the direction of the three planes that were flying over the area. They were sure that the explosions were the sound of the planes firing air-to-surface missiles against Cambodian ground troops. However, other people said they were just the sounds of fighter jets taking aerial photos.

Cambodian troops said at around 2 p.m today, Thai troops had increased their bombardments of the Cambodian positions and villages near Thmor Daun, Ta Krabey and Ta Moan temples.

Cambodian troops claimed that these fighter jets had fired missiles at Cambodian military trucks transporting food for troops, but missed when they were driven off the road and hid in the bush. Other sources said the loud noise coming from the directions of the planes was just the noise of the planes taking aerial photos, not the sound of rockets or missiles.

Mr. Neak Vong, deputy commander of 42nd Battalion, said he is investigating whether Thai fighter jets had really dropped bombs or fired missiles against Cambodian troops.