SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the RMAF VIP flying unit – No. 2 Skuadron – is flying a new aircraft, the Airbus H175 super medium helicopter. The helicopter – which carries Pahang royal household crest – flew the King and Queen to the Batu Berendam airport for their one-day working […]
SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian Armed Forces have sent a 106-strong field medical contingent to Turkiye for the earthquake disaster response. Designated Op Starlight – the medical contingent is expected to conduct operations for at least sixty team. The medical team together with three field hospitals and their associated equipment took […]
SHAH ALAM: In an earlier posting entitled Another Helicopter Tender, Malaysian Defence wrote about a tender for four helicopters for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency – Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritime Malaysia (MMEA/APMM). The tender was published in June last year and was supposed to close in July but it was later […]
SHAH ALAM: Another helicopter tender. In late October, I received an email asking me why I had not written anything on a tender for helicopters for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The answer was simple I was not aware about it. As it was the tender notice – published […]
SHAH ALAM: Airbus A400M MSN4 aircraft has been retired after more than 2,000 flight hours and 1,000 flights and many missions and campaigns completed. The Airbus prototype known as `Grizzly 4ยด among the team, returns to Bremen after nearly twelve years of pushing boundaries to develop A400M capabilities to its […]
SHAH ALAM: The Philippines Air Force (PAF) has taken delivery of the sixth Airbus C295 airlifter out of seven ordered. The sixth aircraft was formally accepted in a ceremony on November 9 in Manila. From Airbus: Airbus has handed over the sixth of seven new-generation C295 aircraft to the Philippine […]
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