The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year. They will put up one of the biggest flypast this National Day Parade since SG50 three years ago. CnB caught the some of the actions during their first Internal Rehearsal last week. Following the standard State Flag flypast by the Chinook,…
Note: This article was written over a year ago, while appointment and rank might change, their sacred duty remain the same. Background The Singapore Flight Information Region (FIR) is vast. For a country with a landmass of no more than 700 square kilometres, her FIR has a perimeter 5120.48 km, spanning 815,682 square kilometres all…
Recently I came across this very interesting and entertaining video by a former Taiwanese army personnel. In the 5minute video, he was comparing his Taiwanese Army/Marine training in Hengchun versus the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Starlight exercise, who share the same real estate as them. You can see the video here For those who do…
The Republic of Singapore Air Force will present a combined demonstration of a Boeing F-15SG and a pair of Lockheed Martin F-16C at the Singapore Airshow. It is believed to be the first air force around to present such combination in an aerial display format. Brigadier General Kelvin Khong, Chief of Staff (Air Staff) said…
Quick Note: The United States Air Force’s 8th Fighter Wing, 35th Fighter Squadron F-16Cs from Kunsan Air Base are in Singapore for Exercise Commando Sling 18-1. Note the AIM-120 AMRAAM on the wingtip pylon, AIM-9X on station 2, ACMI pod on station 8 and the JHCMS helmet on the pilot.
When I was in Basic Military Training, my only live munition encounter was at the SAR21 range, shooting from 50m to 100m against a cardboard target. Fire ‘movements’ were limited to blank rounds and some homemade ”Bang! Bang!” sound effects. As a mere foot solider, could not see myself in the systems of systems Singapore…
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is organising the RSN50@ Vivo event from 8 November to 12 November. Fronting this year’s event is Formidable-class frigate RSS Intrepid (69), which came alongside Vivocity today. This will be the last few events to celebrate the Navy’s 50th Anniversary. Parking a 3,200 tonnes warship at the tight waterfront…
Last week the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) and Republic of Singapore Air Force conducted a combined flypast over Singapore to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations. We had a rare chance to fly to Pekan Bahru where the TNI-AU and RSAF F-16s landed for a post event celebration. Detailed report of this event will be…
CnB spoke to David Boey of Senang Diri, who shed some light on the history behind Singapore’s civil resource ships and if the sale of Neptune Orient Line (NOL) would pose any challenge to our readiness at sea. Christopher Nolan’s latest movie, Dunkirk, tells the true story of the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940. Britain pulled…
There is no such thing as too many airbases in the realm of air power generation. The recent news of Tengah Airbase being expanded westwards has raised some eyebrows. 800 hectares of land will be returned to the government in return for 108 ha west of Tengah air base. Thus leaving the RSAF with…
The Army Open House (AOH) is back after five years. This year as before, the event is held at the F1 Pitstop, and although I am not a big fan of this site, the organisers have very good reasons to make it as accessible to the public as possible. The key highlight of any open…
I had the privilege to visit JS Izumo (DDH183) just a day after it arrived, here in Singapore. She will be participating in the IMDEX and International Maritime Review before heading to the Indian Ocean for Ex. Malabar.
