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1998/09 - Oakey detachment
AS-332 Super Puma
1998
126 Squadron deployed Super Pumas to Oakey, Australia, to train in larger airspace and enhance operational skills.
On 1 September 1998, 126 Squadron deployed its Super Puma helicopters to Oakey in Queensland, Australia. The detachment allowed the Super Puma operators to take advantage of the larger training airspace there.

Chief of Air Force MG Goh Yong Siang (left) and MG Tim Ford, Commander of the Australian Army's 1st Division, breaking the ground for the training centre at Oakey.

RSAF personnel dismantling the Super Pumas for transportation to Oakey.