2 April 2016: Exercise Commando Sling 16-2 began on 29 March 2016 in Singapore. Our new member Eric Kuan spotted 4 U.S Marine Corp F/A-18D Hornets(00, 03, 04, 08) landed in Paya Lebar Airbase on 28 March 2016. They are from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 (VMFA 242), aka Bats, which is based in Iwakuni, Japan. A week prior, several USAF […]
Republic Of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) 53rd Air Demonstration Group Black Eagles Returning for an encore performance at the Singapore Airshow 2016, the Black Eagles (블랙이글스) once again demonstrated their exciting and dynamic aerobatic sequences which won them the King Hussein Memorial Sword for the Best Overall Flying Demonstration at RIAT 2012. Equipped with the […]
USAF C-17 Globemaster III The C-17 which has appeared at Singapore Airshow 2014 aerial display appeared at Singapore Airshow 2016 once again. The aircraft performing the display comes from the USAF 154th Wing, 204th Airlift Squadron stationed at Joint Base Pearl Habour-Hickam, Honolulu, Hawaii. The C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft which […]
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 […]
USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon U.S. Air Force has been a very good support for every Singapore Airshow. In Singapore Airshow 2016, USAF once again demonstrated their F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan. The F-16 Fighting Falcon, or “Viper” is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft. It is highly maneuverable and […]
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 […]
Armée de l’Air Dassault Rafale The Dassault Rafale is an Omnirole forth generation combat aircraft fully developed by the French Airforce and Navy. Designed on a delta wing concept, it has canards for better maneuverability and fly-by-wire flight controls. It is powered by two SNECMA M88-2 engines, each providing 17,000 lb of thrust at full […]
Royal Malaysian Air Force(RMAF) SU-30MKM The SU-30MKM (Modernizirovannyi Kommercheskiy Malaysia – Modernised Export Malaysia) is a very advanced version of the SU-30K export version. Similar to SU-30MKI which is the Indian Airforce version, it maintains the airframe of the Su-30K but includes technologies from the more advanced SU-35. The SU-30MKM is a fly-by-wire super maneuverable […]
