Come 9th August 2016, Singapore will be celebrating 51 years of independence! Some of our members were out and about capturing the magnificent State Flag flypast since July onwards. In every National Day Parade (NDP), the huge State Flag has always been the symbol of the parade. The flag flypast will usually appear in front of […]
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Night flying as international forces prepare for Exercise Pitch Black 2016
MAphotoSG is proud to introduce our new partnership with Australian base Aviation Media – Aviationspottersonline.com (ASO). ASO is founded by Mark Jessop and Leigh Atkinson. They are passionate and creative team who are always on the lookout for new opportunities to explore and develop new and better ways to capture, highlight and promote aviation in all of its […]
Red Arrows to perform in Singapore
21 Sep 2016 UPDATE: The Red Arrows will be doing flypast over Singapore in Oct 2016! Stay tune for more details in coming weeks! Following a post on the Gov.UK Site, We have great news for Red Arrow fans! This world famous aerial demonstration team flying the BAE Hawk T1 would be performing in many […]
RSAF Commands and Units – A Brief Overview
Ever wondered how are the various squadrons in the RSAF organised? In this article, we present an overview of the commands and their component units. On 5 January 2007, then-Minister for Defence, Teo Chee Hean, announced the restructuring of the RSAF into five operational commands as part of its transformation into a flexible, integrated, full-spectrum […]
RSAF F-15SG deployed for Exercise Pitch Black 2016
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 Best Unit 2016
The winners of the annual SAF Best Unit competitions which was introduced since 1969 will be announced every year before Singapore Armed Forces Day (SAF Day), which falls on 1st July. MAphotoSG would like salute to 2016 winning squadrons by compiling our best photos for each respective squardon. Best Fighter Squardon – 140 Squadron “Stand Firm in Defence” 140 […]
Constraints of our RSAF Air Bases
(also known as “Why must RSAF aircraft fly over my house?”) Editor: This article is based on information and graphics which were presented to the public during the RSAF Open House 2016. We would like to thank the RSAF, especially Malcom Koh from AFIC, for allowing us the usage of the key information presented in […]
Ash Carter visits Singapore for Shangri-la Dialogue 2016
United States Air Force E-4B aka ‘Nightwatch’ arrived in Singapore for Shangri-la Dialogue. The United States Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrived in Singapore on the evening of 2nd June in United States Air Force E-4B for the annual Shangri-la Dialogue which was held from 3-5 June 2016.. The E4B ‘Nightwatch’ which is an advanced airborne command post, it is […]