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RSAF to hold an aerial display at Singapore Airshow 2016

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The RSAF’s F-15SG aircraft and the Apache helicopter performing the “Bow and Zoom” integrated maneuver. Photo: RSAF

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has announced it is putting up an integrated an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow 2016 featuring an F15 fighter aircraft and an Apache attack helicopter for the first time.

The aerial display will feature a F-15SG multi-role fighter aircraft and an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter, performing a total of 11 maneuvers to showcase precision and coordination between the two aircraft.

A highlight to look out for in the 12-minute aerial display is the ‘vertical punch’, a new integrated maneuver that is being performed for the first time.

Major Max Ng, the F-15SG flight lead, said, “We have undergone intensive training to finesse the aerial maneuvers to showcase the grace and power of the two aircraft and to thrill the audience.”

Eleven military assets will also be showcased by the RSAF at the airshow, the F-15SG fighter aircraft, Black Knight F-16C aircraft in its red and white paint scheme, CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Heron 1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Gulfstream 550 Airborne Early Warning aircraft and the Surface-to-Air PYthon-5 and DERby (SPYDER) Ground-Based Air Defence system.

The RSAF has participated in the biennial Singapore Airshow since it first began in 2008.

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Photo: RSAF