The Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport), serial 761 in the special RSAF50 livery, departed Madrid in the early hours of this morning with callsign SINGA18. Our team tracked its flight on Flightradar24 till it’s landing at Changi in Singapore at around 1640, basked in the beautiful late afternoon sunshine. […]
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Droning Safely in Singapore
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 […]
A Pair of JMSDF P-1s in Singapore
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 […]
Breitling DC-3 (HB-IRJ) World Tour – Singapore Stopover
On 15-17 Sep 2017, Breitling’s DC-3 (HB-IRJ) took part in the Breitling Sion Airshow 2017 in Switzerland to mark the end of their major round-the-world tour which began in Mar 2017. With this flight, the aircraft also set the record for the oldest aircraft to circumnavigate the world. A special 500-piece Limited Edition Breitling Navitimer […]
Enabling the Vision of the World
Editor’s Note: MAphotoSG would like to thank Ms Jasmine Ng from Orbis Singapore for providing and arranging visitor slots for our members to tour the aircraft. All photos are copyright Orbis, unless stated otherwise. On 10 December 2016, some members of Military Aviation Photography Singapore (MAphotoSG) met at the Suntec Convention and Exhibition Center to embark […]
Japanese Air Force One arrived in Singapore
Japanese Air Force One and Two arrived in Singapore en route to Kenya for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development held on 27 to 28 Aug 2016. During the stopover, Mr. Abe and his wife made a visit to Parliament House to pay their respects to the late former Singapore President S R Nathan who […]
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 […]