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 […]
MAphotoSG is pleased to announce tie-ups with Mark Zerafa from Malta and Dave Chng from Texas, USA. Mark is an aviation spotter and enthusiast, and is part of the Malta Spotters group, who travel mainly around Europe covering airshows and aviation-related sites. Mark is also the editor of the online Spotters magazine. Dave resides in Dallas […]
Travelling to Europe during summer for holidays? Why not include a weekend visiting one of the airshows happening across the region? That was what we did this year. We spent 2 weeks in the Netherlands and a great weekend joining thousands at Leeuwarden Airbase in Northern Netherlands for Luchtmachtdagen 2016. The Royal Netherlands Air Force […]
(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 […]
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 […]
United States E-4B in Singapore. 2 Jun 2016 – While all of us were having dinner earlier this evening some of MAphotoSG members waited patiently for the arrival of United States E-4B (aka nightwatch/Doomsday plane) in Singapore, with the United States Defense Chief – Ash Carter. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrives in Singapore to lead the U.S. […]
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 […]
On a bright and sunny Tuesday, 34 members of the public gathered at Paya Lebar Airbase (PLAB), equipped with cameras, lenses and a strong dose of excitement. All were specially invited by the organising committee to the RSAF Open House 2016 Bloggers Preview of what the public can expect this weekend. Given that the last […]
