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1994/03 - Air Combat Manoeuvring Range

1994

Singapore and Indonesia launched the world's first GPS-enabled Air Combat Manoeuvring Range, boosting joint training and trust.

Manoeuvring Range in Pekan Baru, Indonesia, occupied an airspace of about 20 nautical miles radius. The joint project between the Indonesian Armed Forces and the SAF was the ­first in the world to incorporate an operational Global Positioning System.

A general in green uniform signing on a plaque, surrounded with other soldiers and photographers.

Indonesia's General Try Sutrisno and Chief of Defence Force MG Ng Jui Ping laying the foundation stone of the Air Combat Manoeuvring Range on 17 December 1992. The jointly developed facility, which was completed in 1994, symbolised the mutual trust and confidence between the two countries’ armed forces.

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