Eielson F-16s in Singapore for Commando Sling

• duotiga83

  14 Jan 07, 22:13

  Eielson F-16s in Singapore for Commando Sling
  
  By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
  Posted : Friday Jan 12, 2007 12:03:53 EST
  
  Six F-16C/D Fighting Falcons from the 354th Fighter Wing at Eielson Air
  Force Base, Alaska, are in Singapore to participate in the second Commando
  Sling exercise, 13th Air Force announced Thursday.
  
  The exercise began Monday and runs through Jan. 26.
  An annual series of exercises since 1990, Commando Sling provides combined air combat training for U.S. Air Force and Republic of Singapore Air Force fighter units.
  
  U.S. Air Force F-15C/D Eagles from the 3rd Wing at Elmendorf Air Force Base,
  Alaska, participated in the first Commando Sling exercise for fiscal year
  2007 from Oct. 16 to Nov. 3, 2006. U.S. Air Force F-16s from the 8th Fighter
  Wing at Kunsan Air Base, Korea, will participate in the third exercise
  scheduled for May.
  
  The fourth and final iteration for 2007 is scheduled in July and will
  include F/A-18 Hornets from the U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Group 12 at
  Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.
  
  The U.S. and Singapore militaries have close ties, and a squadron of
  Singapore Air Force F-15SG fighter jets and their flight and maintenance
  crews may be assigned to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, for as many as 20 years beginning this spring or summer.
  
  Singapore, at 267 square miles, is one of the smallest nations in the world.
  It is also one of the most economically advanced and wealthiest nations in
  Asia.
  
  It operates about 60 fighter jets and has been mentioned as a possible buyer of the Global Hawk surveillance drone.
• beavan

  14 Jan 07, 23:17

  where are they going to fly at?the islands again?
• glock

  14 Jan 07, 23:21

  I think we definitely have more than 60 fighter jets. F16s and F5s probably account for about 90.
  
• ^Delta^

  15 Jan 07, 02:01

  I suppose the author was referring to Singapore's F-16 fleet only when he mentioned the number 60. He could have made it clearer. Singapore definitely has over 100 fixed wing combat aircraft.
• tankee1981

  15 Jan 07, 08:22

  Originally posted by duotiga83
  

  It operates about 60 fighter jets and has been mentioned as a possible buyer of the Global Hawk surveillance drone.

  Interesting stuff...awaiting further development...
• Bionic Animals

  22 Jan 07, 22:54

  [/img]This is getting better. More info on Global Hawk, pls. [/code]