SHAH ALAM: RMAF has appointed another female officer to command a flying squadron. The service on April 17 announced the appointment of Lt Kol Siti Suraida Mazlan as the commanding officer of the Pusat Latihan Terbang Taktikal (PLTT) Angkut (Tactical Flight Training Centre Transport) which is based at the Subang […]
SHAH ALAM: In the comments section there were some discussions on the missiles held by RMAF for its aircraft. The discussions were mostly on the Amraam and Sidewinders though. And what do you know there is a tender to find a multi-modal operator to send the AGM-84 Harpoon missiles and […]
SHAH ALAM: Malacca chief minister DS Rauf Yusof announced today – April 15 – that the Federal government has approved an allocation of RM16.45bil for the setting up of a helicopter assembly factory at the Melaka International Airport in Batu Berendam here. He made the announcement following the visit to […]
SHAH ALAM: How much is that Hercules C-130H transport aircraft in the window? Well according to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) one C-130H cost US$2.25 million or RM9.945 million according to the current exchange rate. Well, how did you know the cost then? RNZAF sold four of its […]
SHAH ALAM: In the comments section, I mentioned that there is a PC-7 Mk 1 gate guard outside the Subang airbase entrance from Jalan Montfort and the Guthrie Corridor Expressway. It is not a gate guard per se but a monument really as it is located around 500 meters from […]
SHAH ALAM: In the post on the 2024 national security budget, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Defence Ministry’s Development Expenditure (DE) or budget for RMK12 was RM55 billion though the actual allocation is RM22.2 billion. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in Dewan Negara on March 24 stated that the ministry […]
SHAH ALAM: Work to upgrade the runway of Butterworth airbase started yesterday and is expected to be completed in June next year. A ceremony was held on the runway was held to mark the start of the work, RMAF said in a release on March 20. Australia is paying for […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the relocation and development of RMAF museum at the Sendayan airbase. The tender was published on March 12 and closes April 15. A site visit at the airbase is scheduled on March 20. Not much other details are available for […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF hold a ceremony today at the Butterworth airbase to mark the handover of all surviving Hawk Mk 108s/208s from No 15 Skuadron to the No 6 Skuadron. No 15 is operating out of Butterworth at the moment while No 6 is based in Labuan airbase in Wilayah […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his speech at Parliament today confirmed that the 28 helicopters involved in the 15-year leasing will all be from Leonardo. The helicopters are the AW109 Trekker; AW 139; AW139 VIP and the AW149. Unfortunately, he did not give a break-down of the […]
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