RSAF Jets Deploy to France for Bilateral Air Exercise

• arburthen?

  14 Sep 04, 13:35

  (Source: Singapore Ministry of Defence; issued Sept. 13, 2004)
  
  Six Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16C/D Fighting Falcon jets departed Singapore today for an exercise in France. This is the first time that the RSAF is conducting a long-range deployment to France. The bilateral exercise with the French Air Force (FAF), codenamed Exercise Western Arc, is also the first in its series.
  
  The F-16s will transit through India, United Arab Emirates and Greece en route to France. Two KC-135R tankers will provide air-to-air refuelling support for the 10,250 km journey. The exercise with the FAF will take place at Dijon Air Base in eastern France from 20 September to 4 October 2004, and will see both air forces engaging in air combat and air-to-air flying manoeuvres.
  
  Exercise Western Arc provides the RSAF a valuable opportunity to conduct a long-range deployment and air operations in realistic and challenging conditions. It enhances inter-operability and mutual understanding between the FAF and RSAF, which also has a training detachment in Cazaux in southern France. The bilateral exercise underscores the good defence relations between France and Singapore.
• SibeiSuayKia

  14 Sep 04, 15:11

  CIF, FOB or what terms?
  
  Shipping or air?
  
  cool!
• arburthen?

  14 Sep 04, 17:30

  Of course fly there lah!! if ship there what for they want to announce
• arburthen?

  14 Sep 04, 17:31

  I think ... getting the rafale is now inevitable ... just a matter of time and process
• kopiosatu

  14 Sep 04, 18:15

  if its ship they wouldn't need to bring the KC-135s
• duotiga83

  14 Sep 04, 21:36

  This gonna be interesting......2nd time like this if i not long....1st is the F-5E/F we brought fly from usa to here
• sbst275

  15 Sep 04, 14:37

  Originally posted by arburthen?:

  I think ... getting the rafale is now inevitable ... just a matter of time and process

  Not really, then the A-4SU in 1998 to France, we would have brought the 20 Rafale instead of 20 F-16D Block - 52 already wah.
• storywolf

  15 Sep 04, 16:25

  Originally posted by SibeiSuayKia:

  CIF, FOB or what terms?
  
  Shipping or air?
  
  cool!

  No we have secret startrek technology ! just say "beam them up " and they are transfer over by the startrek . Something we learn from you talk cock.
• arburthen?

  15 Sep 04, 23:06

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Not really, then the A-4SU in 1998 to France, we would have brought the 20 Rafale instead of 20 F-16D Block - 52 already wah.

  The A-4SU in France how do you know they really are flying it everyday? Maybe the A4 used as a platform for advance pilot training but who knows maybe they already secretly leased some rafale and flying it for some time unofficially?
  
• sbst275

  16 Sep 04, 08:08

  Originally posted by arburthen?:

  The A-4SU in France how do you know they really are flying it everyday? Maybe the A4 used as a platform for advance pilot training but who knows maybe they already secretly leased some rafale and flying it for some time unofficially?
  

  Are u sure? That is for APT. Who would want to use a vintage plane? Is France wants to be cheated to let us use new planes for our old Skyhawks?
• arburthen?

  16 Sep 04, 12:59

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Are u sure? That is for APT. Who would want to use a vintage plane? Is France wants to be cheated to let us use new planes for our old Skyhawks?

  cheated? Are you sure? If they let us fly their planes use their sims it means that we have an interest in their things which will ony benefit them in the end.
  
  It's like you are saying "hey have a new mercedes model, no cannot allow you to test drive you must buy it first before I can let you test drive." what talking u?
  
  If nobody does evalulation of new platforms You think the top brass decision makers in SAF knows what to or not to buy? I tell you they don't have a clue.
  
  
• sbst275

  16 Sep 04, 13:01

  Originally posted by arburthen?:

  cheated? Are you sure? If they let us fly their planes use their sims it means that we have an interest in their things which will ony benefit them in the end.
  
  It's like you are saying "hey have a new mercedes model, no cannot allow you to test drive you must buy it first before I can let you test drive." what talking u?
  
  If nobody does evalulation of new platforms You think the top brass decision makers in SAF knows what to or not to buy? I tell you they don't have a clue.
  
  

  Are you sure? The French do not like to us other planes as of their proud prestige of their fighter jets. They only have Rafale, Mirage and that S.E
• eurofighter

  16 Sep 04, 13:20

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Are you sure? The French do not like to us other planes as of their proud prestige of their fighter jets. They only have Rafale, Mirage and that S.E

  Its about we trying out their planes, not them trying out our planes.