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5 unusual facts about TNI


Achmad Yani International Airport

It used to be a military airbase owned by the TNI (Armed Forces of Indonesia) until 1966 when the airport was declared open for domestic commercial flights, other than as an airbase for the Indonesian Army.

Johannes Abraham Dimara

Major TNI Johannes Abraham Dimara (9 October 1916 – 20 October 2000) was an Indonesian National Hero from Papua.

He was a member of TNI and infiltration in 1954 that led to his arrest by the army of the Dutch Kingdom.

Mohammad Hatta

In August 1948, with the Republic struggling to pay its troops, Hatta was forced to demobilize some soldiers.

National Unity Cabinet

The Cabinet was originally designed to look after the interests of the various Indonesian Political Parties and the TNI but this notion quickly disappeared as Wahid's Presidency began to break down.


Human rights in Indonesia

In the United States, the US Senate had since early 2001 been rejecting repeated efforts by the Bush administration to have US funding of the Indonesian military resumed, a ban which had been reluctantly imposed by the Clinton administration after TNI officers were filmed coordinating the Dili Scorched Earth campaign.

Indonesian military ranks

The Indonesian Military (TNI) uses a simplified ranking system for the three branches of Indonesian Army, Indonesian Navy and Indonesian Air Force.

Sunda Kingdom

The TNI Siliwangi Military Division and Siliwangi Stadium was named for King Siliwangi, the eponymous popular king of Sunda corresponded to Sri Baduga Maharaja.

Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology

Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology (TNI) is an industry-oriented private college located in Bangkok, Thailand.

Tinian International Airport

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Tinian International Airport is assigned TNI by the FAA and TIQ by the IATA (which assigned TNI to Satna, India).


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