Equipment of the Republic of Singapore Air Force

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The equipment of the Republic of Singapore Air Force can be subdivided into: aircraft, helicopters, missiles, rockets, bombs and radars.

Aircraft

Current

Aircraft Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Fighter aircraft
F-16 Fighting Falcon F-16 Fighting Falcon 18th Aggressor Sqdn.jpg Multirole fighter F-16C/D  USA 60[1]
F-15E Strike Eagle RSAF Boeing F-15SG Strike Eagle DRW Butler.jpg Multirole fighter F-15SG  USA 40[1]
Northrop F-5 Maverick armed RSAF F-5S.jpg Multirole fighter F-5S  USA 27[1]
Airborne early warning and control aircraft
Gulfstream G550 RSAF Gulfstream IAI G550 CAEW (Conformal Airborne Early Warning).jpg AEW&C G550 AEW  USA 4[2]
Cargo/transport aircraft
Lockheed C-130 Hercules Lockheed C-130 Hercules.jpg Military transport C-130H  USA 5[2]
Fokker 50 150px Military transport, patrol  Netherlands 4[2]
Lockheed Martin KC-130 KC-130J Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response.jpg Aerial refuelling, military transport KC-130B/H  USA 5[2]
KC-135 Stratotanker RSAF Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker Pryde.jpg Aerial refuelling, military transport, VIP transport KC-135R  USA 4[2]
Airbus A330 150px Aerial refuelling, military transport KC-30A  France
 Spain		 (6) Six on order.[3]
Trainer aircraft
Northrop F-5 Trainer F-5T  USA 9[2]
M-346 Master 150px Trainer  Italy 12[2]
Pilatus PC-21 150px Trainer   Switzerland 19[2]
Helicopters
AH-64 Apache Ah-64d.jpg Attack AH-64D  USA 17[1]
CH-47 Chinook RSAF Open House 2008 Chinook.jpg Transport, utility CH-47SD  USA 16[2]
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk Hellenic Navy S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk (1).JPG Utility S-70B  USA 6[1] Two on order.[2]
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma Republic of Singapore Air Force Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma on the USS Harpers Ferry during CARAT 2007 - 20070723.jpg Transport, utility AS332M  France 32[2]
Eurocopter EC120 Colibri Eurocopter EC-120B Colibri, Eurocopter AN0435464.jpg Trainer  France
 China
 Singapore		 5[2]

Former

Aircraft Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Fighter aircraft
Hawker Hunter RSAF Hawker Hunter (front).jpg Fighter, bomber aircraft FGA.74
FR.74A/B
T.75/A		  UK 46 Twelve FGA.74, 26 FR.74A/B, and eight T.75/A (excluding one T.75A which was lost in accident before delivery) were delivered to RSAF in 1970 and 1973. Upgraded in the late 1970s by Lockheed Aircraft Services Singapore (LASS), the type was redesignated as FGA.74S, FR.74S and T.75S. Retired and phased out of service in 1992, only four were preserved as museum exhibits and gate guards while the remaining 21 airworthy airframes was sold to an Australian Warbird broker, Pacific Hunter Aviation Pty, in 1995.[4][5]
F-16 Fighting Falcon F16A FAP linksup KC-10.jpg Multirole fighter F-16A/B  USA 8 Originally eight. One F-16A was lost following a mid-air collision with another F-16A over South China Sea in 1991. All surviving airframes were retired in 2002 and was subsequently upgraded locally to "Falcon One" standard by ST Aerospace before being transferred to Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in 2004.[6][7]
Cargo/transport aircraft
Short SC.7 Skyvan Shorts SC.7 Skyvan.jpg Utility Skyvan 3M  UK 6 Six Skyvan 3Ms delivered in 1973 and retired in 1993.[6]
Cessna 172 Cessna172-CatalinaTakeOff.JPG Utility F172K  USA 8 Eight F172Ks delivered in 1969, retired in 1972.[6]
Trainer aircraft
BAC Jet Provost 150px Trainer T.52  UK 5 Five T.52s (ex-South Yemen Air Force airframe) operated from the 1975 until 1980.[6]
BAC Strikemaster Shoreham Airshow 2013 (9696960681).jpg Trainer Mk.81
Mk.82
Mk.84		  UK 25 Total 25 received (16 Mk.84s delivered in 1969 from UK plus four Mk.81s from South Yemen in 1975 and another five Mk.82s from Oman in 1977), all were retired in 1984 with one airframe preserved at the RSAF Museum while the remaining 13 airworthy airframes were sold to a Warbird broker.[6][8]
Lockheed T-33 RSAF T-33 Shooting Star.jpg Trainer T-33A  USA 20 20 T-33As (ex-French Air Force airframes), operated from 1980 until retired in 1985.[6]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 SIAI-Marchetti SF-260AM Italian Air Force.jpg Trainer SF.260M
SF.260W		  Italy 26 14 SF.260Ms delivered in 1971 plus 12 SF.260Ws delivered in 1979 and 1981. All remaining 19 airworthy airframes retired in 2002 and transferred to the Indonesian Air Force.[6][9]
SIAI-Marchetti S.211 Privately owned S.211 N852TC in flight.jpg Trainer S.211  Italy 32 Since 1984, 32 S.211s were acquired for RSAF's Basic Jet Training (BJT) program (this figure includes 24 airframes which were assembled locally by Singapore Aircraft Industries plus two former Haitian aircraft acquired as attrition replacements in 1994). Phased out from June 2008, of the remaining 25 airworthy S.211s, 21 were sold off to International Air Parts (IAP) Group Australia Pty Ltd in 2009 while 4 were shipped back to Singapore, being preserved as museum exhibits.[6][10]
Helicopters
Aérospatiale Alouette III Aérospatiale Alouette III at the Republic of Singapore Air Force Museum.jpg Utility SA316B  France 8 Eight SA316Bs delivered in 1969, retired and transferred to Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1978.[6][11]
Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil Dhfs eurocopter as.350bb squirrel ht1 arp.jpg Utility AS350B  France 7 Seven AS350Bs for basic helicopter training, all delivered between 1981/82 and retired in 1992.[6][11]
Eurocopter Fennec Fennec3H131COAN.jpg Utility AS550A2
AS550C2		  France 20 Six AS550A2 together with 14 AS550C2, all delivered in 1991 and was retired in December 2006. Subsequently, the six AS550A2 were sold off to Chadian Air Force in 2010.[6]
Bell UH-1 Iroquois Huey1.jpg Utility Bell UH-1B
Bell UH-1H		  USA 46 20 UH-1Bs (refurbished ex-US Army airframes not including 10 spares) for advance helicopter training, operated from 1980 until 1988.[11] While 25 UH-1Hs all are now retired except for 7 airframes which were refurbished and modernised before resale to the Philippine Air Force in a 2003 US$12 million deal.[6]
Bell UH-1N Twin Huey US Navy 120131-N-XK513-120 A Sailor directs a UH-1N Huey helicopter from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, (Reinforced) during flight ope.jpg Utility UH-1N  USA
 Canada		 3 Three UH-1Ns (military version of the Bell 212 Twin Huey) delivered in 1977, all retired in 1985 and sold to Sri Lanka Air Force.[6][11]

Munitions

Aircraft missiles, rockets and bombs

Model Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Air-to-air missile (AAM)
AIM-9 Sidewinder Sidewider missile 20040710 145400 1.4.jpg Short-range air-to-air missile AIM-9J
AIM-9P
AIM-9S
AIM-9X		  USA 400
264
96
200		 [6]
AIM-120 AMRAAM Aim 120 amraam missile 20040710 145603 1.4.jpg Medium-range, active radar homing air-to-air missile AIM-120C5
AIM-120C7		  USA 250[6]
AIM-7 Sparrow AIM-7 wing install.jpg Medium-range, semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile AIM-7M  USA 70[6]
Python Rafael Python 4.jpg Short-range air-to-air missile Python-4  Israel 600[6]
Air-to-surface missile (ASM)
AGM-65 Maverick 150px Air-to-surface missile AGM-65B
AGM-65D
AGM-65G		  USA 248[6]
AGM-114 Hellfire Lockheed Martin Longbow Hellfire.jpg Air-to-surface missile AGM-114L  USA 192[6]
BGM-71 TOW Aircraft mounted, air-to-surface anti-tank missile BGM-71C  USA 200[6]
Anti-ship missile (AShM)
Harpoon Harpoon asm bowfin museum.jpg Anti-ship missile AGM-84  USA 44[6]
Rocket
Hydra 70 Hydra 70 M261.jpeg Ground attack rocket APKWS  USA 9,120
SNEB MATRA TYPE155RL W 68MM RP.JPG Ground attack rocket  France unknown Used by attack helicopter.
General-purpose bomb
GBU GBU-10 xxl.jpgGBU-12 xxl.jpg150px Laser-guided bomb GBU-10
GBU-12
GBU-16		  USA 28
56
unknown		 [6]
JDAM 150px Guided bomb GBU-31(V)1/B
GBU-38/B
GBU-54/B		  USA 100
50[6]
670
Mark Mk-82 xxl.jpgMk-84 xxl.jpg Low-drag general purpose bomb Mark 82
Mark 83
Mark 84		  USA unknown

Land Air Force defence

Current

Model Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
MIM-23 Hawk M727-Hawk-hatzerim-1.jpg Surface-to-air missile  USA 12 launchers
500 missiles		 [6]
Rapier Soldiers Load a Rapier Missile System During London Olympics Security Exercise.jpg Surface-to-air missile Mk 2  UK 12 launchers
500 missiles		 [6]
Mistral 54RA-IMG 9142.jpg MANPAD  France 500[6]
9K38 Igla IGLA-S MANPADS at IDELF-2008.jpg MANPAD  USSR 30 launchers
440 missiles		 [6][12]
Mechanised Igla M113A2 Ultra Mechanised Igla.jpg SHORAD  Singapore 30 [13]
RBS 70 RBS70.jpg SHORAD
MANPAD		  Sweden 25 launchers
500 missiles		 [6]
SPYDER SPYDER.jpg SHORAD  Israel 25 launchers
75 Python-5/75 Derby missiles		 [6][14]
Anti-aircraft gun
Oerlikon GDF 35 mm Oerlikon.jpg Autocannon, anti-aircraft gun GDF-001
GDF-002		   Switzerland 34
24		 [6]

Former

Model Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
Bloodhound Bloodhound Mk.II SAM.jpg Surface-to-air missile Mk.II  UK 88 All retired in 1994.[6]

Radars

Model Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
Radars
Lockheed Martin AN/FPS-117 RAAF AN-FPS-117 radar in 2007.jpg Air search radar system  USA 1[6] [15]
Lockheed Martin P-STAR Portable search and target acquisition radar system  USA unknown [15]
Ericsson GIRAFFE-S/AMB Giraffe S 3D radar.jpg Early-warning radar  Sweden 1
4		 [6][16]

References

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