TUDM 52nd anniversary gallery
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, 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: 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 […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in late January announced that RMAF Sukhoi Su-30MKM Flanker fleet will be in service for another ten years or 2035. He made the statement after visiting Gong Kedak airbase where No 12 Skuadron operates the Flankers. Although he did not say anything on […]
SHAH ALAM: AS reported a few days ago, General Nizam Jaafar,59, was appointed as the 23rd Panglima Angkatan Tentera/Chief of Defence Forces today. Nizam who was the Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters Assistant Chief of Staff Personnel Services was also promoted as a four-star general prior to his ascension as the […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has sent a second leased AW139 helicopter to the Kuching airbase as part of the No 3 Skuadron detachment there. Tail number M104-05 arrived at Kuching on January 20, a RMAF release on January 21, stated. Based on the release, it is likely that the detachment will […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in August, Malaysian Defence wrote about the tender for the upgrade of six Hercules C-130 airlifter of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The tender is for the avionics upgrade for RMAF Hercules, with the first aircraft as the test bed for the programme. The tender was published […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has deployed a detachment from the No. 3 Squadron to the Kuching airbase to operate the AW139 helicopter there. Thirty-six personnel from squadron – 18 officers and 18 other ranks – led by Mejar M. Khairul Azwan Ismail were selected as the first group to operate the […]
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