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The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is the aerial service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for controlling and defending the airspace of the country, and providing air support to the Army and Navy. It was established in 1968 as the Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC) before renaming to its current name in 1975. [7]
The Singapore Air Force Museum (also known as the Republic of Singapore Air Force Museum or simply the Air Force Museum) is located at 400 Airport Road, Singapore, adjacent to Paya Lebar Air Base. The museum is open Tuesday – Saturday 09:00 – 16:00 and closed Closed on Sundays, Mondays, Public Holidays, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve & Lunar ...
The Changi Air Base (IATA: SIN, ICAO: WSAC) is a military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) located at Changi, in the eastern tip of Singapore.Sited at two locations to the east and west of Singapore Changi Airport, the base co-shares runway facilities with the civilian airport and currently occupies a third runway slated for future expansion for civilian use by Singapore ...
Singapore Armed Forces Centre of Leadership Development (CLD) Selarang Camp: Changi: HQ 9th Division/Infantry (HQ 9 DIV/INF) [31] Supply Base East; 3rd Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment (3 SIR) [32] Seletar Camp: Seletar: HQ Army Combat Engineers Group (HQ ARMCEG) 35th Battalion Singapore Combat Engineers (35 SCE) [2] Sembawang Camp: Sembawang
Paya Lebar Air Base also plays host to USAF VIP aircraft as well, with regular visits by Air Force One, such as during President George W. Bush's two visits to Singapore in October 2003 [10] and November 2006. [11] Air Force Two carrying Vice-President Dick Cheney also made a refuelling stop and underwent minor repairs en route from Australia ...
Singapore has been described as "a military powerhouse with the best air force and navy in Southeast Asia." [ 16 ] Singapore's wealth allows it to acquire and make the best equipment available as well as incorporate high-end technological equipment into its nation military forces. [ 16 ]
In a 1990 memoir, [1] former Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot Terence O'Brien described leading (in late December 1941) a flight of Lockheed Hudsons from Britain to Singapore, which was already under attack by the time he and his aircrews arrived at Tengah. He noted that only eight "of us out of the twenty who set off" from Britain for Singapore ...
122 Squadron, Republic of Singapore Air Force; 142 Squadron, Republic of Singapore Air Force (disbanded in 2005 at TAB and reestablished in 2016 at PLAB); 149 Squadron, Republic of Singapore Air Force