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Basic training for pilots was carried out using two Cessna light aircraft hired from the Singapore Flying Club. The SADC also enlisted the help of the Royal Air Force which introduced the first flying training syllabus and provided two ex-RAF pilots as instructors, as well as facilities and services at Seletar Airport.
Its previous title up until 2018 was No. 22 (Training) Group. The group is responsible for RAF training policy and controlling the Royal Air Force College and the RAF's training stations. As such, it is the direct successor to Training Group. 22 Group provides training to all three service branches of the British Armed Forces; namely the Royal ...
No. 224 Group (224 Gp) of the Royal Air Force was established during the Second World War and was operational during the Cold War. The group was formed on 3 February 1942 as No 224 (Fighter) Group in Singapore. [1] It was disbanded within two months, as the Japanese seized Singapore, on 28 March 1942.
A satellite image of RAF Changi taken during the United States Department of Defense's Corona KH-4 reconnaissance satellite programme on 2 April 1963 (Singapore time). The area where Changi Air Base now sits was once a large encampment of British Army artillery and combat engineer units based in Singapore between the mid-1930s up until mid-February 1942, [1] when the island fell under Japanese ...
In 1962, a joint RAF/Singapore civil Air Traffic Control service was formed to provide Military cover for Air Defence. During that time Britannia aircraft of British Eagle provided transport for the British military. Comet 4C's were common traffic and the new VC10 arrived reducing flight time, rather than the 24hrs-with stops- of the Britannia.
No. 50 Group RAF: 1939–1947: No. 50 (Training) Group was formed on 1 February 1939 by renaming No. 26 (Training) Group and transferring it to Reserve Command. It was transferred to Flying Training Command on 27 May 1940, and disbanded 31 May 1947. [9] No. 51 Group RAF: 1939–1945: No. 51 (Training) Group was formed on 11 May 1939 as part of ...
RAF Seletar was also on the premises of Seletar Camp. It was used by the Republic of Singapore Air Force after the British military's withdrawal as Seletar Air Base. Today, it is now a general-aviation civil airport known as Seletar Airport. It is adjacent to the current Seletar Camp operated by the Singapore Army. Parts of the former British ...
When the British decided in 1967 to withdraw their forces from the Far East, Singapore saw the need to build up its own armed forces. The Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC) was formed as part of the initial set-up. The Alouette Squadron, established in September 1969, thus lay the foundation for RSAF's helicopter force. [2]