Equipment of the Republic of Singapore Air Force
Appearance
The equipment of the Republic of Singapore Air Force can be subdivided into: aircraft, helicopters, missiles, rockets, bombs and radars.
Aircraft
Current
This section duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically Republic of Singapore Air Force. (March 2020) |
Aircraft | Image | Type | Variants | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
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Fighter aircraft | ||||||
F-35 Lightning II | Stealth multirole fighter | F-35B | USA | 0+(4) | 4 aircraft to be procured for further evaluation by the RSAF, with option for an additional of 8 aircraft under the same contract.[1] Confirmed to replace F-16 beyond 2030. | |
F-15E Strike Eagle | Multirole fighter | F-15SG | USA | 40[2] | 2 in RSAF50 Livery[3] | |
F-16 Fighting Falcon | Multirole fighter | F-16C/D Block 52+ | USA | 60[2] | Currently upgraded by Lockheed Martin to Viper Block 70/72 with Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83, improved IFF and Link 16, expected by 2022 | |
Airborne early warning and control aircraft | ||||||
Gulfstream G550 | AEW&C | G550 AEW | USA | 4[4] | One G550 RSAF AEW trainer under ST Aero Engineering. | |
Cargo/transport aircraft | ||||||
Airbus A330 | Aerial refuelling, military transport | KC-30A | France Spain |
5+(1) | Total of six ordered. Five delivered, of which one (761) is in RSAF50 Livery[5] | |
Lockheed Martin KC-130 | Aerial refuelling, military transport | KC-130B/H | USA | 5[4] | ||
Lockheed C-130 Hercules | Military transport | C-130H | USA | 5[4] | ||
Fokker 50 | Military transport, patrol | Netherlands | 9[4] | |||
Trainer aircraft | ||||||
M-346 Master | Trainer | Italy | 12[4] | Based at Cazaux Air Base, France | ||
Pilatus PC-21 | Trainer | Switzerland | 19[4] | Based at RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
AH-64 Apache | Attack | AH-64SG | USA | 20[2][6] | ||
CH-47 Chinook | Transport, utility | CH-47SD
CH-47F |
USA | 15+(10)[4] | 10 CH-47F on order.[4] | |
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk | Utility | S-70B | USA | 8[4][2][7] | ||
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma | Transport, utility | AS332M | France | 32[4] | ||
Eurocopter EC725 | Transport, utility | H225 | France | 0+(16)[7] | 16 on order. | |
Eurocopter EC120 Colibri | Trainer | France China Singapore |
5[4] |
Former
Aircraft | Image | Type | Variants | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
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Fighter aircraft | ||||||
A-4 Skyhawk | Fighter-bomber / trainer | T/A-4SU | USA Singapore |
150 | Upgrade of the Douglas A-4S Skyhawk attack aircraft undertaken by Singapore Aircraft Industries (SAI, now ST Aerospace) in the 1980s. | |
Northrop F-5 | Multirole fighter | F-5S | USA | 30[2] | Retired in 2015. In service from 1985-2015.[8] | |
Hawker Hunter | Fighter-bomber | 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.[9][10] | |
F-16 Fighting Falcon | Multirole fighter | F-16A/B | USA | 20 | Originally twenty. 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.[7][11] | |
Cargo/transport aircraft | ||||||
KC-135 Stratotanker | Aerial refuelling, military transport, VIP transport | KC-135R | USA | 4[4] | Replaced by A330 MRTT in November 2019 | |
Short SC.7 Skyvan | Utility | Skyvan 3M | UK | 6 | Six Skyvan 3Ms delivered in 1973 and retired in 1993.[7] | |
Cessna 172 | Utility | F172K | USA | 8 | Eight F172Ks delivered in 1969, retired in 1972.[7] | |
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.[7] | |
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.[7][12] | |
Lockheed T-33 | Trainer | T-33A | USA | 20 | 20 T-33As (ex-French Air Force airframes), operated from 1980 until retired in 1985.[7] | |
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.[7][13] | |
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.[7][14] | |
Helicopters | ||||||
Aérospatiale Alouette III | Utility | SA316B | France | 8 | Eight SA316Bs delivered in 1969, retired and transferred to Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1978.[7][15] | |
Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil | Utility | AS350B | France | 7 | Seven AS350Bs for basic helicopter training, all delivered between 1981/82 and retired in 1992.[7][15] | |
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.[7] | |
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.[15] 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.[7] | |
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.[7][15] |
Munitions
Aircraft missiles, rockets and bombs
Model | Image | Type | Variants | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
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Air-to-air missile (AAM) | ||||||
AIM-9 Sidewinder | Short-range air-to-air missile | AIM-9P/J AIM-9X |
USA | 464 220 |
[7] | |
AIM-120 AMRAAM | Medium-range, active radar homing air-to-air missile | AIM-120C |
USA | 350[7] | ||
AIM-7 Sparrow | Medium-range, semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile | AIM-7M | USA | 70[7] | ||
Python | Short-range air-to-air missile | Python-4 | Israel | 600[7] | ||
Air-to-surface missile (ASM) | ||||||
AGM-65 Maverick | Air-to-surface missile | AGM-65D AGM-65G AGM-65K |
USA | 357[7] | ||
AGM-114 Hellfire | Air-to-surface missile | AGM-114L | USA | 192[7] | ||
BGM-71 TOW | Aircraft mounted, air-to-surface anti-tank missile | BGM-71C | USA | 200[7] | ||
Anti-ship missile (AShM) | ||||||
Harpoon | Anti-ship missile | AGM-84 | USA | 90[7] | ||
Rocket | ||||||
SNEB | Ground attack rocket | France | unknown | Used by attack helicopter. | ||
General-purpose bomb | ||||||
GBU | Laser-guided bomb | GBU-10 GBU-12 |
USA | 68[7] 140 |
[7] | |
JDAM | Guided bomb | USA | 1672[7] | |||
GBU-39 | Small Diameter Bomb | GBU-39 | USA | unknown |
Land Air Force defence
Current
Model | Image | Type | Variants | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
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Surface-to-air missile (SAM) | ||||||
MBDA Aster 30 SAMP/T | Surface-to-air missile | France | 12 launchers 600 missiles |
[7]"Singapore confirms delivery of Aster 30".[7] | ||
SPYDER | Surface-to-air missile | Israel | 2 batteries[7] 75 Python-5/75 Derby missiles |
[7][16] | ||
MIM-23 Hawk | Surface-to-air missile | USA | 4 launchers 400 missiles |
[7] | ||
Mechanised Igla | SHORAD | Singapore | 30 | [17] | ||
9K38 Igla | MANPAD | Soviet Union | 30 launchers 350 missiles |
[7][18] | ||
RBS 70 | SHORAD MANPAD |
Sweden | 25 launchers 500 missiles |
[7] | ||
Mistral | MANPAD | France | Less than 500[7] | |||
Anti-aircraft gun | ||||||
Oerlikon GDF | Autocannon, anti-aircraft gun | GDF-001 | Switzerland | 34 | [7] |
Former
Model | Image | Type | Variants | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
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Surface-to-air missile (SAM) | ||||||
Bloodhound | Surface-to-air missile | Mk.II | UK | 88 | All retired in 1994.[7] |
Radars
Model | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
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Radars | |||||
Lockheed Martin AN/FPS-117 | Air search radar system | USA | 10[7] | [19] | |
Lockheed Martin P-STAR | Portable search and target acquisition radar system | USA | 20 | [19] | |
Ericsson GIRAFFE-S/AMB | Early-warning radar | Sweden | 20 40 |
[7][20] | |
Tethered Aerostat Radar System | Airborne ground surveillance system | USA | 1 |
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