PHOTO FEATURE | 60 IMAGES On 9 August, the National Day Parade (NDP) returned back to the heritage Padang in 2023, site of the first parade in 1966, to celebrate the nation’s 58th year of independence. With the theme “Onward As One”, the parade calls upon Singaporeans to look forward confidently and move onwards together […]
Royal International Air Tattoo 2023 – Departures Day
PHOTO FEATURE | 119 IMAGES The final day of the Royal International Air Tattoo is the Departures Day. It attracts the most crowd of aviation enthusiasts and spotters attending compared to the other days of the airshow. On this day, all the aircraft that took part in the flying and the static displays return to their […]
Royal International Air Tattoo 2023 – Flying Displays
PHOTO FEATURE | 53 IMAGES The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) is one of the largest military airshow in the world held annually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England in support of The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust. The theme for this year’s show is Skytanker23, which commemorates 100 years of air-to-air refuelling. Therefore, the […]
PÉGASE 2023
On 25 June, Pégase 2023 was launched by the French Air and Space Force (French: Armée de l’air et de l’espace) from France, with a contingent comprising of ten Dassault Rafale B/Cs, five Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) Phénix and four Airbus A400M Atlas, along with 320 personnel and 55 tons of cargo. […]
Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition 2023
Langkawi comes to life again after 4 years with the 16th edition of LIMA from 23-27 May 2023. The biannual event was put on hold briefly due to the pandemic and it returned this year with the theme “The Nexus of Maritime and Aerospace Trade”. With over 525 exhibitors, 18 country pavilions, and the attendance […]
Lorraine in Singapore
On 13 May 2023, the soon-to-be-commissioned Multi-Mission Frigate (FREMM DA; French: Frégate Européenne Multimissions de Défense Aérienne) Lorraine berthed at Changi Naval Base as part of a scheduled stop on its four-month long-term deployment (DLD; French: Déploiement de Longue Durée) which began on 8 April. The deployment is designed to test the robustness of its […]
IMDEX Asia 2023
PHOTO FEATURE | 64 IMAGES The 13th edition of IMDEX Asia was held at the Changi Exhibition Center from 3 May to 5 May 2023. A total of 250 companies from 25 countries participated in the event and was attended by about 11,000 trade attendees from over 60 countries. The highlight of IMDEX is always […]
Mission JEANNE D’ARC 2023
The ships of Mission JEANNE D’ARC of the French Navy (French: Marine Nationale) recently docked at Changi Naval Base from 18 to 22 March as one of the port calls of their 5-month long training mission. The port call highlights the strong bilateral relationship between the French and Singapore armed forces, and an opportunity for […]