SHAH ALAM: Back in October, Malaysian Defence reported that RMAF had promoted the first female officer to lead a flying squadron. Now RMAF it appears has two more female flying squadrons CO. The second female CO is Lt Colonel Siti Solehah Abdullah who was promoted to the rank on Jan […]
SHAH ALAM: Public listed construction firm, Fajar Baru Builder Group Bhd (FBG), announced that its subsidiary firm was awarded a contract from the Australian government to develop facilities at RMAF Butterworth airbase. The scope of the project includes upgrades to airfield pavements, ground lighting infrastructure, drainage, rugby pitch, futsal court […]
SHAH ALAM: Silver jubilee of No. 18 Squadron. No. 18 Squadron celebrated its 25th anniversary on December 16 at the Butterworth airbase. To mark the occasion tail number 01 was given a new fresh paint, with yellow stripes running over the canopy leading to the twin horizontal tails. It also […]
SHAH ALAM: Oz F-35s in Butterworth. Three days after six F-35As landed at Butterworth airbase, RMAF officially announced their arrival. The six stealth fighters are here to take part in a bilateral exercise with RMAF, Eks Elangaroo 22. A ceremony was held on November 2 to receive the Australian contingent […]
SHAH ALAM: Oz to redevelop RMAF Butterworth. Australia is planning to redevelop RMAF Butterworth airbase in Penang under an AUS$60 million to AUS$70 million budget. (RM218 million using the higher amount) Australian Defence Magazine on August 25 reported on the Invitation to Register Notice which was published on the Australian […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has quietly took delivery of two Leonardo AW139 medium twin engine helicopters to replace the now retired Nuri fleet. The helicopters -leased from Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd – according to the RMAF was delivered to the No.3 Squadron at Butterworth on December 4 last year. The […]
SHAH ALAM: A RMAF Bae Systems Hawk Mk108 jet trainer crashed at the Butterworth airbase last night, leaving one of the pilots dead while the other hospitalised. The deceased pilot was identified as Capt Mohamad Affendi Bustamy by RMAF while Major Mohd Fareez Omar is undergoing treatment at the Seberang […]
SHAH ALAM: The RAAF deployment of maritime surveillance aircraft to Malaysia – Operation Gateway – was commemorated in a ceremony at the RMAF Butterworth airbase in Penang today. The 40th anniversary of the deployment was supposed to be held on May 21, 2021 but the pandemic got in the way. […]
SHAH ALAM: Selamat Jalan Nuri, Part 2. Remember my story about the tender for wooden crates for Nuri components sometime back? Well the company that won the tender was Azianstocan Sdn Bhd, a company based in Penang. It appears that the wooden crates had been delivered to the Butterworth airbase […]
SHAH ALAM: Wooden crates for Nuri parts. The Defence Ministry has issued a call for quotation for the supply of specialised wooden crates to store the components of Nuri helicopters with the No 3 Skuadron based at the Butterworth airbase. I said specialised wooden crates as the supplier is supposed […]
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