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1972/11 - Establishment of Singapore Weapons Training Unit

Fighter Jets

Hawker Hunter

Year

1972

The Singapore Weapons Training Unit was established at Royal Air Force (RAF) Chivenor in Britain.

The Singapore Weapons Training Unit was established at Royal Air Force (RAF) Chivenor in Britain in November 1972. Five British-made Hawker Hunters were used as the unit's first fighter aircraft for training.

RSAF personnel smiling in flight suits beside aircraft after completing flight training.

The team that ferried back the remaining Hunters from the Singapore Weapons Training Unit in RAF Chivenor. SSG Tai Lee Sang (fourth from left) became the first RSAF technician to have sat in the co-pilot’s cockpit for the entire journey.

Dignitary inspecting a line-up of RSAF personnel in flight gear during a formal review.

President Benjamin Sheares meeting the pilots of 140 Squadron during his visit to RAF Tengah on 25 May 1971.

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