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Post on County-class LSTs
Hi folks,I've some blog posts scheduled automatically for future release and the one on LSTs misfired and was posted before its due date. I recalled it to keep to the sequence of the daily "circuit...
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Circuit Breaker Day 15 pix: Republic of Singapore Navy Tank Landing Ships...
Announcements of Bedok Jetty exercises drew me to the place like a clarion call during my teen years in the 1980s. I loved seeing the LSTs beach themselves with their enormous bow doors wide open. RSS...
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Circuit breaker Day 16 pix: Republic of Singapore Navy display at the...
Vital Force:This single picture shows you how small the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) was in August 1986. The 11 fast craft seen here off Bedok Jetty made up just under half of the RSN's active...
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Circuit breaker Day 17 pix: Decommissioned Republic of Singapore Navy LSTs
Decommissioned County-class tank landing ships were moored at the Republic of Singapore Navy's Changi Naval Base (CNB). RSS Endurance L201 is seen here tied up to seaward of RSS Excellence L202, the...
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Circuit breaker Day 18 pix: Republic of Singapore Navy RSN Changi Naval Base...
RSS Resolution: Don't let the empty boat davits fool you. Tonne for tonne, the Singapore Navy's Endurance-class tank landing ships (RSS Resolution seen here) can carry more landing craft than any other...
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Republic of Singapore Air Force RSAF new Airbus H225M helicopter
Engineers and team members from Singapore's Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) H225M project team pose with a naked Airbus H225M medium lift helicopter. Must've been pre-COVID-19 as social...
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Help with identifying RSN officer, RSS Excellence L202, August 1986
Any idea who this Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) officer is? The photo was taken on the morning of Sunday 10 August 1986. There can't be that many Singhs in the Navy who were onboard RSS Excellence...
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Circuit breaker Day 19 pix: National Day 2000 Maritime Review
We continue with our daily spread of Singapore Armed Forces pictures with this selection from the National Day 2000 Maritime Review 20 years ago off Marina South, which some of you asked for. I hope...
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Circuit breaker Day 20 pix: Bloodhound SAM Site Seletar
This aerial view of RAF Seletar show a Bloodhound missile site operated by Royal Air Force (RAF) 65 (SAM) Squadron in the 1960s. It was contributed by a former British serviceman who served in...
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Circuit breaker Day 21 pix: 106mm Recoilless Rifle and Scout Jeeps
Gun demo:A106mm Recoilless Rifle crew at the 4 SIR Family Day in the early 1980s. The 106 could be also removed from the jeep and operated as a standalone crew-served weapon. The 106 complemented the...
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Circuit breaker Day 22 pix: Colourful F-5 camouflage schemes
Before the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) settled on the F-16 lookalike warpaint (see below) for its upgraded F-5s, the F-5E/F fleet was painted in a colourful variety of camouflage patterns...
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Circuit breaker Day 23 pix: Mystery auxiliary ship RSS Enterprise A 301
Big day:The late Dr Goh Keng Swee, then Minister for Defence, arrives at Pulau Brani to officiate at the commissioning ceremony for RSS Enterprise (seen here) and two minesweepers, RSS Mercury and RSS...
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RSS Enterprise A 301 update
When I wrote about RSS Enterprise, I thought the lack of information might be because the ship was useless AF or there was something special about her.Realised Enterprise isn't useless AF :-)Big thank...
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Circuit breaker Day 24 pix: Singapore Army AMX-10P and AMX-10 PAC 90...
While the AMX-13 light tanks served the Singapore Army for more than 30 years, its modern stable mate from the same AMX tank factory in Roanne, France, had a much shorter service life.Here're pictures...
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Circuit breaker Day 25 pix: Republic of Singapore Air Force RSAF UH-1H rocket...
It's amazing what you can find in a kid's sticker book on the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).This is one of the few photographs you'll see of a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Bell UH-1H Huey...
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Circuit breaker Day 26 pix: Cadillac Gage V-200 Command Post
The Cadillac Gage V-200 Command Post (CP) was a seldom seen variant of the Singapura series. The CP variant had a square raised roof which was distinct from the round roof aperture for the RBS-70...
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Circuit breaker Day 27 pix: Republic of Singapore Navy RSN LSTs in Operation...
In 1999, I was assigned to cover the first Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) peace support mission in East Timor, codenamed Operation Blue Heron I (OBH I). It was my first time covering an SAF PSO. I was in...
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Circuit breaker Day 28 pix: Republic of Singapore Air Force Airbus MRTT TLD...
Pushback tugs or aircraft tow tractors are the work horses of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Air Power Generation Command. This is 9198 MID, a European-built TLD TMX-550 which is the latest...
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Circuit breaker Day 29 pix: Republic of Singapore Navy Missile Gunboats
Fire light:A Republic of Singapore Navy Missile Gunboat fires a Gabriel anti-ship missile during a live-fire exercise in the 1990s. The Singapore navy upgraded its MGBs to carry as many as four...
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Circuit breaker Day 30 pix: Republic of Singapore Air Force RSAF aircraft...
Stair Force One:A gleaming and highly polished aircraft passenger stair truck painted with the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Lion head roundel cheerfully gave the city state's air force...
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