Equipment of the Republic of Singapore Air Force

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 Multirole fighter F-16C/D  USA 60[1]
F-15E Strike Eagle Multirole fighter F-15SG  USA 40[1]
Northrop F-5 Multirole fighter F-5S  USA 27[1]
Airborne early warning and control aircraft
Gulfstream G550 AEW&C G550 AEW  USA 4[2]
Cargo/transport aircraft
Lockheed C-130 Hercules Military transport C-130H  USA 5[2]
Fokker 50 Military transport, patrol  Netherlands 4[2]
Lockheed Martin KC-130 Aerial refuelling, military transport KC-130B/H  USA 5[2]
KC-135 Stratotanker Aerial refuelling, military transport, VIP transport KC-135R  USA 4[2]
Airbus A330 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 Trainer  Italy 12[2]
Pilatus PC-21 Trainer   Switzerland 19[2]
Helicopters
AH-64 Apache Attack AH-64D  USA 17[1]
CH-47 Chinook Transport, utility CH-47SD  USA 16[2]
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk Utility S-70B  USA 6[1] Two on order.[2]
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma Transport, utility AS332M  France 32[2]
Eurocopter EC120 Colibri Trainer  France
 China
 Singapore		 5[2]

Former

Aircraft Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Fighter aircraft
Hawker Hunter 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 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 Utility Skyvan 3M  UK 6 Six Skyvan 3Ms delivered in 1973 and retired in 1993.[6]
Cessna 172 Utility F172K  USA 8 Eight F172Ks delivered in 1969, retired in 1972.[6]
Trainer aircraft
BAC Jet Provost Trainer T.52  UK 5 Five T.52s (ex-South Yemen Air Force airframe) operated from the 1975 until 1980.[6]
BAC Strikemaster 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 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 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 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 Utility SA316B  France 8 Eight SA316Bs delivered in 1969, retired and transferred to Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1978.[6][11]
Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil Utility AS350B  France 7 Seven AS350Bs for basic helicopter training, all delivered between 1981/82 and retired in 1992.[6][11]
Eurocopter Fennec 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 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 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 Short-range air-to-air missile AIM-9J
AIM-9P
AIM-9S
AIM-9X		  USA 400
264
96
200		 [6]
AIM-120 AMRAAM Medium-range, active radar homing air-to-air missile AIM-120C5
AIM-120C7		  USA 250[6]
AIM-7 Sparrow Medium-range, semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile AIM-7M  USA 70[6]
Python Short-range air-to-air missile Python-4  Israel 600[6]
Air-to-surface missile (ASM)
AGM-65 Maverick Air-to-surface missile AGM-65B
AGM-65D
AGM-65G		  USA 248[6]
AGM-114 Hellfire 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 Anti-ship missile AGM-84  USA 44[6]
Rocket
Hydra 70 Ground attack rocket APKWS  USA 9,120
SNEB Ground attack rocket  France unknown Used by attack helicopter.
General-purpose bomb
GBU Laser-guided bomb GBU-10
GBU-12
GBU-16		  USA 28
56
unknown		 [6]
JDAM Guided bomb GBU-31(V)1/B
GBU-38/B
GBU-54/B		  USA 100
50[6]
670
Mark 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 Surface-to-air missile  USA 12 launchers
500 missiles		 [6]
Rapier Surface-to-air missile Mk 2  UK 12 launchers
500 missiles		 [6]
Mistral MANPAD  France 500[6]
9K38 Igla MANPAD  USSR 30 launchers
440 missiles		 [6][12]
Mechanised Igla SHORAD  Singapore 30 [13]
RBS 70 SHORAD
MANPAD		  Sweden 25 launchers
500 missiles		 [6]
SPYDER SHORAD  Israel 25 launchers
75 Python-5/75 Derby missiles		 [6][14]
Anti-aircraft gun
Oerlikon GDF 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 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 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 Early-warning radar  Sweden 1
4 		[6][16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "World Air Forces 2016". Flightglobal. 2015. p. 34. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "World Air Forces 2015". Flightglobal. 2015. p. 28. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "First Singapore A330 (Air Forces Monthly)". Key Publishing. November 2015. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Peter, Atkins (November 1994). "Singapore or Bust". Air Forces Monthly. No. 67. London: Key Publishing. ISSN 0955-7091.
  5. ↑ "Hunter for sale". Pacific Hunter Aviation. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "SIPRI arms transfer database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "F-16: Republic of Singapore Air Force". f-16.net. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "History of the Strikemaster". BA Strike Master. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  9. ↑ Hendrik van der Veen (20 February 2006). "SF.260 in military service". Siai Marchetti. Archived from the original on 30 October 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Hendrik van der Veen (28 July 2006). "SIAI-MARCHETTI S.211 production list". Siai Marchetti. Archived from the original on 28 October 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Sew Chun Liang (September 1999). "30 Years of Helicopter Operations". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "RSAF Acquires Russian Made IGLA Air Defence Missile System". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. 15 October 1997. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Factsheet: Mechanised Igla". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  14. ↑ Ong Hong Tat (17 June 2011). "No escape from the SPYDER". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  15. 1 2 "Singapore". Lockheed Martin. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Assets > Weapon Systems > Giraffe". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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