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1987/11 - Establishment Of Peace Carvin Detachment

Exercise/Operation

Peace Carvin Detachment

Fighter Jets

F-16 Fighting Falcon

Year

1987

The RSAF established Peace Carvin Detachment in the US for F-16A/B training, ending in 1990.

The Peace Carvin detachment was established in 1987, when the RSAF acquired an initial batch of eight F-16A/B Fighting Falcons. The fi­rst detachment was set up at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. It ended in 1990 when all eight F-16A/Bs were flown back to Singapore and were assigned to 140 Squadron.

Ten pilots in flight suits pose in front of an F-16 Fighting Falcon.

The RSAF established the Peace Carvin Detachment to help new aircraft become fully operational more quickly.

Group in navy uniforms posed in front of F-16 fighter jet with a Welcome Home banner above.

The detachment also allowed the RSAF to overcome the constraints of limited training airspace and terrain in Singapore.

F-16 fighter jet in flight over terrain, highway visible in the background.
“When Singapore decided to purchase the F-16A/Bs in 1983...we kept the aircraft in the United States for two years. This detachment in the United States was very beneficial to the pilots and crew. By the time the F-16s reached Singapore in January, they were already operational.”

BG (Ret) Lee Hsien Loong, Minister for Trade and Industry and Second Minister for Defence, 1990

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