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1986/04 - Exercise Torrent
Exercise Torrent
1986
The RSAF conducted its first road runway exercise, launching and recovering aircraft from Lim Chu Kang Road.
As part of the RSAF's initiative to raise its operational readiness, aircraft were launched and recovered from a public road for the first time on 16 April 1986. Exercise Torrent saw A-4s and F-5s taking off from the 2.5km-long Lim Chu Kang Road, which had been converted into a military airstrip. In the exercise, airmen familiarised themselves with operating on an emergency runway in day and night conditions.

Exercise Torrent was the first RSAF road runway exercise that involved the F-5 and A-4 aircraft.

An F-5 landing on Lim Chu Kang Road, which was converted into a military airstrip.