PHOTO FEATURE | 44 IMAGES Singapore celebrates its 53rd birthday on 9th August 2018 with the an amazing National Day Parade at The Float@Marina Bay. The show this year include some firsts in the form of Republic of Singapore Navy divers performing a combat jump into the Marina Bay waters and all time crowd favorite, […]
On the morning of 7 Aug, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) held a preview of the RSAF50@Marina Barrage aerial display, which will take place on the weekend of 11-12 August 2018. The event was graced by the Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen, along with Senior Minister of State for Defence Dr […]
National Day Parade 2018 (NDP2018) rehearsals started on Sat 16 Jun 2018. As with previous years, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) would be performing the state flag fly past during the National Anthem segment of the parade. This year being the RSAF’s 50th Anniversary, they have more specials for us and a few […]
Jurong East was the final location for the RSAF50@Heartlands exhibition, held at the open field next to the Jurong East MRT station on 26-27 May. With ample space for a large demonstration area, the V-200 RBS-70 GBAD, Hermes 450 UAV and I-HAWK GBAD M-192 Launcher were the final static displays shown. As the crowd descended […]
In the last few years, recreational and commercial drone flying has picked up at an exponential rate, thanks to the economies of scale of drone technology development. Recreational droning has especially grown, and in space-constrained Singapore, this is of particular concern as this may pose a risk to both aviation and public safety. In this […]
The penultimate RSAF50@Heartlands exhibition was held at the Bedok Town Square pavilion from 12-13 May, before its final stop at Jurong East on 26-27 May. Bedok was also the third of the new estates in which the Heartlands exhibtion debuted at, along with Sembawang and Punggol. While the pavilion was spacious enough for the exhibits, […]
The 2018 edition of the annual Exercise Bersama Shield was held from 28 April to 15 May, as part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA). This multilateral defence relationship is the world’s second-oldest, involving the countries of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The FPDA came about following Britain’s withdrawal of […]
Last week, a pair of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircrafts made a rare appearance in Singapore skies. The last time we saw one of these was mid 2017 where a P-1 made a stop here enroute to and back from the Paris Air Show 2017. This time, the pair was […]
