Changi Fighter Runway

• Zooish

  4 Jul 04, 16:37

  F16s, 145 sqn move in to Changi East already.
  
  
• sbst275

  4 Jul 04, 17:28

  145 is A4SU
• Zooish

  5 Jul 04, 12:10

  Did i get the sqn wrong?
  145 are the 'hornets' right? 145 sqn definitely will be based in Changi East, even have a road there named 'Hornet Drive'.
  Maybe another sqn doing familiarisation flights there using F-16s.
  
  
• sbst275

  5 Jul 04, 15:40

  Originally posted by Zooish:

  Did i get the sqn wrong?
  145 are the 'hornets' right? 145 sqn definitely will be based in Changi East, even have a road there named 'Hornet Drive'.
  Maybe another sqn doing familiarisation flights there using F-16s.
  
  

  We don't have hornets or F18. A4SU however, is fitted with F18 hornet's engine
  
  RSAF Sqn
  140 - F16ABCD (TAB)
  141 - RF5, F5S/T (PLAB)
  142 - A4SU (TAB)
  143 - F16CD (TAB)
  144 - F5S/T (PLAB)
  145 - A4SU (TAB)
  149 - F5S/T (PLAB)
• dettol

  5 Jul 04, 21:48

  145 no more A4SU.
• dettol

  5 Jul 04, 21:53

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  We don't have hornets or F18. A4SU however, is fitted with F18 hornet's engine
  
  RSAF Sqn
  140 - F16ABCD (TAB)
  141 - RF5, F5S/T (PLAB)
  142 - A4SU (TAB)
  143 - F16CD (TAB)
  144 - F5S/T (PLAB)
  145 - A4SU (TAB)
  149 - F5S/T (PLAB)

  145's 'Hornet' is the mascot for the Sqn. Not the hornet A/C. Other mascots for example are the 143 Phoenix, 142 Ghyphon, 140 Osprey.....
• sbst275

  6 Jul 04, 15:11

  Originally posted by dettol:

  145 no more A4SU.

  That is 143
• Zooish

  6 Jul 04, 16:44

  
  Yah, the 'Hornet' i meant is the emblem of 145sqn. It's on their sqn logo. That's the only flying sqn (fighter or otherwise) currently based at Changi East.
  Isn't 145sqn being upgraded to the new F-16 AB?
• sbst275

  6 Jul 04, 21:33

  Originally posted by Zooish:

  Yah, the 'Hornet' i meant is the emblem of 145sqn. It's on their sqn logo. That's the only flying sqn (fighter or otherwise) currently based at Changi East.
  Isn't 145sqn being upgraded to the new F-16 AB?

  Not as yet, until the F16CD arrives end of this year. Currently, it is flying A4SU
• cheeze

  6 Jul 04, 21:44

  The only remaining squadron flying A4s is 142 SQN.
  145 is slated to fly F16s.. but they haven't come back from the states yet.....
  its not flying a4 at the moment either...
• dettol

  6 Jul 04, 23:09

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Not as yet, until the F16CD arrives end of this year. Currently, it is flying A4SU

  You sure you talking about 145? With A4SU?
  
  That was history already!
• Zooish

  7 Jul 04, 11:50

  Maybe a group of them have returned from the states. Besides, not the entire sqn would have gone to the states, some would still remain.
  
• sbst275

  7 Jul 04, 14:47

  Originally posted by cheeze:

  The only remaining squadron flying A4s is 142 SQN.
  145 is slated to fly F16s.. but they haven't come back from the states yet.....
  its not flying a4 at the moment either...

  That means the case is like the Fennec Sqn
• sbst275

  7 Jul 04, 16:13

  Originally posted by dettol:

  You sure you talking about 145? With A4SU?
  
  That was history already!

  Nope, the 20 new F16CD for Sqn 145 are coming in very soon....
  
  142 will also go together with 141, 144, 149 if MINDEF decides to replace them altogether