8 “Shikra” of 149 Sqn from the Singapore Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-15SG deployed to Australia for Exercise Pitch Black 2016. Both Raymond and Eric were out on their regular spotting day on 11 July 2016. It started out with a heavy downpour on that Monday morning, and shortly after the rain has cleared, they were […]
RSAF Open House 2016 – Defending Our Skies Over the weekend of 21-22 May, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Open House returned to Paya Lebar Airbase with a bang after a 5-year absence. With more than 220,000 visitors over the weekend, it surpassed the organising committee’s target of 120,000. Covering an area of […]
Editor: In a week’s time, the long awaited RSAF Open House 2016 on 21-22 May is finally here! In this final series, we bring you back to the more recent RSAF open houses since the turn of millennium, 2001 to 2011. Text by Gary Ng (@clipper.sg) Images by: Gary Ng (@clipper.sg), David Chua (@Robotech3142), Eric Chang (@eclh14) A New Millennium At […]
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has started a multilateral exercise, codenamed Ex. Bersama Shield 2016 or also known as Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA), in the South China Sea and airspace over Malaysia Penisular. Ex. Bersama Shield is an annual multilateral major exercise combining land, air and maritime between Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and […]
The Republic of Singapore Airforce (RSAF) There are many countries involved in the bi-annual event, but no other country consistently makes appearances than Singapore itself. Being the host country, assets from the RSAF make a definite appearance every 2 years at the Singapore airshow. RSAF Black Knights in Singapore Airshow 2014 This year, the RSAF’s […]
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (The RSAF) new “old” 142sqn is back again, this time, flying F-15SG. After years of speculation, it has finally come to light when TheRSAF Facebook posted first photo of 142 Sqn pilots on 18 March 2016. I believe I am the first, if not, among the first few spotters to have captured the image of F15SG […]
Unknowingly, I photographed a flying formation for Outgoing Chief of Air Force “Final Flight” ceremony. On 11 March 2016, I was out hoping to photograph RSAF planes – particularly, F-15SG. Went out at 10am and till 12pm, all that’s in the sky was C130 and AH64D Apache doing flypast along Punggol coastal heading towards Sembawang Airbase. Knowing a […]
Finally after 5 years, The Republic of Singapore Air Force will have an RSAF Open House 2016 on 21 – 22 May! MAphotoSG team are thrilled after this announcement! As in 2011’s and previous years, telephoto lenses that are 500mm and beyond were prohibited. We are guessing this will still be the same for 2016. (Update: no […]
