Equipment of the Republic of Singapore Air Force

The equipment of the Republic of Singapore Air Force can be subdivided into: aircraft, helicopters, missiles, rockets, bombs and radars.

Aircraft

Current

Aircraft	Image	Type	Variants	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Fighter aircraft
F-16 Fighting Falcon		Multirole fighter	F-16C/D	USA	60[1]
F-15E Strike Eagle		Multirole fighter	F-15SG	USA	40[1]
Northrop F-5		Multirole fighter	F-5S	USA	27[1]
Airborne early warning and control aircraft
Gulfstream G550		AEW&C	G550 AEW	USA	4[2]
Cargo/transport aircraft
Lockheed C-130 Hercules		Military transport	C-130H	USA	5[2]
Fokker 50		Military transport, patrol		Netherlands	4[2]
Lockheed Martin KC-130		Aerial refuelling, military transport	KC-130B/H	USA	5[2]
KC-135 Stratotanker		Aerial refuelling, military transport, VIP transport	KC-135R	USA	4[2]
Airbus A330		Aerial refuelling, military transport	KC-30A	France  Spain	(6)	Six on order.[3]
Trainer aircraft
Northrop F-5		Trainer	F-5T	USA	9[2]
M-346 Master		Trainer		Italy	12[2]
Pilatus PC-21		Trainer		Switzerland	19[2]
Helicopters
AH-64 Apache		Attack	AH-64D	USA	17[1]
CH-47 Chinook		Transport, utility	CH-47SD	USA	16[2]
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk		Utility	S-70B	USA	6[1]	Two on order.[2]
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma		Transport, utility	AS332M	France	32[2]
Eurocopter EC120 Colibri		Trainer		France  China  Singapore	5[2]

Former

Aircraft	Image	Type	Variants	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Fighter aircraft
Hawker Hunter		Fighter, bomber aircraft	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.[4][5]
F-16 Fighting Falcon		Multirole fighter	F-16A/B	USA	8	Originally eight. 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.[6][7]
Cargo/transport aircraft
Short SC.7 Skyvan		Utility	Skyvan 3M	UK	6	Six Skyvan 3Ms delivered in 1973 and retired in 1993.[6]
Cessna 172		Utility	F172K	USA	8	Eight F172Ks delivered in 1969, retired in 1972.[6]
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.[6]
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.[6][8]
Lockheed T-33		Trainer	T-33A	USA	20	20 T-33As (ex-French Air Force airframes), operated from 1980 until retired in 1985.[6]
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.[6][9]
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.[6][10]
Helicopters
Aérospatiale Alouette III		Utility	SA316B	France	8	Eight SA316Bs delivered in 1969, retired and transferred to Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1978.[6][11]
Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil		Utility	AS350B	France	7	Seven AS350Bs for basic helicopter training, all delivered between 1981/82 and retired in 1992.[6][11]
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.[6]
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.[11] 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.[6]
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.[6][11]

Munitions

Aircraft missiles, rockets and bombs

Model	Image	Type	Variants	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Air-to-air missile (AAM)
AIM-9 Sidewinder		Short-range air-to-air missile	AIM-9J AIM-9P AIM-9S AIM-9X	USA	400 264 96 200	[6]
AIM-120 AMRAAM		Medium-range, active radar homing air-to-air missile	AIM-120C5 AIM-120C7	USA	250[6]
AIM-7 Sparrow		Medium-range, semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile	AIM-7M	USA	70[6]
Python		Short-range air-to-air missile	Python-4	Israel	600[6]
Air-to-surface missile (ASM)
AGM-65 Maverick		Air-to-surface missile	AGM-65B AGM-65D AGM-65G	USA	248[6]
AGM-114 Hellfire		Air-to-surface missile	AGM-114L	USA	192[6]
BGM-71 TOW		Aircraft mounted, air-to-surface anti-tank missile	BGM-71C	USA	200[6]
Anti-ship missile (AShM)
Harpoon		Anti-ship missile	AGM-84	USA	44[6]
Rocket
Hydra 70		Ground attack rocket	APKWS	USA	9,120
SNEB		Ground attack rocket		France	unknown	Used by attack helicopter.
General-purpose bomb
GBU		Laser-guided bomb	GBU-10 GBU-12 GBU-16	USA	28 56 unknown	[6]
JDAM		Guided bomb	GBU-31(V)1/B GBU-38/B GBU-54/B	USA	100 50[6] 670
Mark		Low-drag general purpose bomb	Mark 82 Mark 83 Mark 84	USA	unknown

Land Air Force defence

Current

Model	Image	Type	Variants	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
MIM-23 Hawk		Surface-to-air missile		USA	12 launchers 500 missiles	[6]
Rapier		Surface-to-air missile	Mk 2	UK	12 launchers 500 missiles	[6]
Mistral		MANPAD		France	500[6]
9K38 Igla		MANPAD		USSR	30 launchers 440 missiles	[6][12]
Mechanised Igla		SHORAD		Singapore	30	[13]
RBS 70		SHORAD MANPAD		Sweden	25 launchers 500 missiles	[6]
SPYDER		SHORAD		Israel	25 launchers 75 Python-5/75 Derby missiles	[6][14]
Anti-aircraft gun
Oerlikon GDF		Autocannon, anti-aircraft gun	GDF-001 GDF-002	Switzerland	34 24	[6]

Former

Model	Image	Type	Variants	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
Bloodhound		Surface-to-air missile	Mk.II	UK	88	All retired in 1994.[6]

Radars

Model	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Radars
Lockheed Martin AN/FPS-117		Air search radar system	USA	1[6]	[15]
Lockheed Martin P-STAR		Portable search and target acquisition radar system	USA	unknown	[15]
Ericsson GIRAFFE-S/AMB		Early-warning radar	Sweden	1 4	[6][16]

References

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8. "History of the Strikemaster". BA Strike Master. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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11. Sew Chun Liang (September 1999). "30 Years of Helicopter Operations". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
12. "RSAF Acquires Russian Made IGLA Air Defence Missile System". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. 15 October 1997. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
13. "Factsheet: Mechanised Igla". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
14. Ong Hong Tat (17 June 2011). "No escape from the SPYDER". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
15. "Singapore". Lockheed Martin. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
16. "Assets > Weapon Systems > Giraffe". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2016.