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With the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, the name of the air force was changed to "Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia" or "Royal Malaysian Air Force". New types introduced into service included the Handley Page Herald transport and the De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou.
Flew with the Royal Malaysian Navy. Retired from service. Eurocopter AS332: France: Transport / VIP: AS332L: 1 [23] Retired from service. Trainer aircraft; Aermacchi MB-339: Italy: Jet trainer MB-339AM/339CM: 21 [23] [34] Retired from service. SME Aero Tiga: Switzerland / Malaysia: Trainer 20 [35] Retired from service. Bulldog T1: United ...
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Combat aircraft; Boeing F/A-18 Hornet: United States: multirole: F/A-18D: 8 [1]: 30 planned to be acquried from KAF.Waiting for US government approval since it is US origin military equipment.
The two aircraft were later delivered to RMAF Gong Kedak, Malaysia in June 2007 by an An-124-100 transport aircraft. By December 2007, seven months after the delivery of the first two aircraft, the RMAF had taken delivery of six Su-30MKMs. The eighteenth and last aircraft arrived at RMAF Gong Kedak in August 2009. [5]
The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in 1963 aroused the demand for this airbase to be upgraded as a main airbase for Malaysia. From 1965, RMAF Labuan saw a significant upgrade with the formation of the main administration branch, the expansion of the existing detachment, the formation of a new squadron and the commissioning of new aircraft.
RMAF's aircraft that operates from this airbase including airlifter such as Airbus A400M Atlas, Lockheed C-130 Hercules and CASA/IPTN CN-235. This airbase also operates RMAF's VIP aircraft such as Boeing 737 , Airbus A319 , Dassault Falcon 900 and Bombardier Global Express and rotorcraft Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk .
On 24 February 2023, KAI announced the signing of a $920 million deal with the Malaysian Ministry of Defence for the purchase of 18 FA-50 Block 20 for the Royal Malaysian Air Force's light combat aircraft (LCA) and fighter in-lead trainer (FLIT) tender, [136] which is intended to replace the Aermacchi MB-339 and Hawk Mk 108/208 currently in ...
RMAF Butterworth (Malay: TUDM Butterworth) is an active Air Force Station of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) situated 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) from Butterworth in Penang, Malaysia. It is currently home to the Headquarters Integrated Area Defence System (HQIADS), part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA).