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  Singapore - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Singapore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The island of Singapore was a swampy jungle when, in 1819, Stamford Raffles of the British East India Company concluded a treaty with the nominal rulers of Singapore, Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong Abdul Rahman of Johore, allowing the company to establish a trading base near the River Rochor.
It was from their political and commercial base in Singapore that the British intervened in the Malay Straits during the 1870s (see Malayan history to 1963).
This force was officially disbanded on 1 January 1975, although there remained a token British contribution to the area's integrated air-defence system and a commitment to consult with other members of the five-power defence agreement.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Singapore   (1581 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Singapore - Air Force | Singaporean Information Resource
Air defense missions were controlled from the ground by the Air Defence Command at Bukit Gombak and from the air by Grumman E-2C early warning and control aircraft.
The air force was equipped with the same types of antiaircraft guns as the army.
Two models of fighter aircraft were imported by the air force for ground-attack missions in the 1970s and continued to be utilized for that role in 1989.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/singapore/singapore144.html   (711 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Republic of Singapore Air Force
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF, Chinese: 新加坡空军部队; Malay Angkatan Udara Republik Singapura) was established in 1968 and was at that time called the Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC), it was renamed the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) in 1975.
The current Chief of Air Force is Brigadier General Ng Chee Khern; one of the first F-16 pilots in Singapore.
Singapore has ordered twenty AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters and after a long period of negotiations over the delivery of the sophisticated Longbow radar, the first one was handed over on May 17, 2002, fitted with the Fire Control Radar.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Republic_of_Singapore_Air_Force   (1611 words)

  
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Poland, Polska Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej (Polish Air Defense and Aviation Force)
Modern Air Combat: The Aircraft, Tactics and Weapons Employed in Aerial Combat Today.
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