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: It appears that the Army will be getting leased utility helicopters – eight of them – four within the next 12 months or so and the other four in 2027. Army chief General TS Hafizuddeain Jantan speaking to the media after attending the service’s 92nd anniversary parade explained […]
SHAH ALAM: In a recent post on the leased helicopters, Malaysian Defence wrote that one of the aircraft selected will be the Bell 429. The helicopter is meant for the PDRM Air Wing and will be replacing the AS350s which has been in service for some 30 years now. There […]
SHAH ALAM: Since the announcement of the government decision to lease twenty-eight helicopters for the ministries and agencies for 15 years for some RM16.6 billion much ink has been spilled to justify the deal. Much of it of course is just excuses. The latest excuse published as a written reply […]
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: The government on December 19 signed the leasing deal for helicopters with Weststar Aviation Sdn Bhd for use of ministries and agencies. Not many details have been issued so far but RMAF posted on Facebook today on the signing ceremony at Putrajaya. RMAF release on the leasing arrangement. […]
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