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RTAF Museum

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BANGKOK: RTAF Museum. If you happen to be in Bangkok and want to have a break from the shopping or partying perhaps you should make your way to the National Aviation Museum of the Royal Thai Air Force. Actually if you fly into Bangkok using the Don Muang International airport …

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RMN New Chief [1]

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BANGKOK: RMN new chief. Admiral Mohd Reza Mohd Sany has taken over as the chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy, today. Reza, 55, the son of a former Army chief took over from Admiral Kamarulzaman Badaruddin, who is retiring. Kamarulzaman is taking leave pending his official retirement early next year. …

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Bomba Takes Delivery of AW189s [3]

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KUALA LUMPUR: Bomba takes delivery of AW189s. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) air wing has finally taken delivery of two Leonardo AW189 super medium helicopters today. Both helicopters have been stored at the Leonado hangar at Subang for almost a year now after delivery from Italy where both were …

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Transforming the RMN

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SHAH ALAM: Transforming the RMN. The RMN on Nov.8 made available for download its 15 to 5 trasnformation plan, three weeks ahead of the retirement of Admiral Kamarulzaman Badaruddin as it’s chief. The book, launched officially last week, is called the Strategy Document for RMN 15 to 5 Transformation Programme. …

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Expired Simulators

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SHAH ALAM: Expired simulators. It appears that KD Pelandok, the RMN main training school, is in a bind as the contracts of its simulator or simulators had expired. The training school posted it’s predicament as it hosted a group of Ministry of Finance officials on Tuesday. The he post did …

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Scorpions To Be Retired [10]

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SHAH ALAM: Scorpions to be retired. The Army has recommended that it’s fleet of Scorpion light tanks be retired due to the high cost of maintenance and obsolescence issues. Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong told Parliament today (Dec. 18, 2018) that none of the Scorpions were no longer operational. …

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Bidding Process for Next Stage of NCO [2]

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SHAH ALAM: Bidding process for next stage of NCO. The Defence Ministry has started the tender process for the next stage of the Networked Centric Operations. That is how much I can say about the project as I am not purview to the tender as the documents are only available …

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2018, A Year in Review [6]

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SHAH ALAM: 2018, A Year in Review. With 2019 knocking the door already its time look wind back the clock and review what had happened in the last 12 months or so. Good or bad, the first thing to come into mind of 2018 was the May 9 general elections. …

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Joint Special Operations Command [5]

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SHAH ALAM: Joint Special Operations Command. Months after the National Special Operations Force (NSOF) was quietly disbanded, the Armed Forces chief Gen.Zulkifli Zainal Abidin today announced that the military will set up a Joint Special Operations Command (JSO) tasked with duties of national and strategic interest. He did not say …

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Fulcrum UB For Sale [3]

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SHAH ALAM: Fulcrum UB for sale. I am late to this but a US company, Raptor Aviation, has put up for sale of a MIG-29 UB Fulcrum for sale. The 1986 built Fulcrum B is listed at $4.650 million or RM19.1 million. The aircraft can be sold to US or …

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LCS Induction Year End [8]

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SHAH ALAM: LCS induction year end. RMN chief Adm Reza Sany today said that the navy is expected to induct the first two LCS by year end. This is wonderful news indeed compared to what we have been told last year. However as I was not able to able to …

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Tejas For Lima 19 [3]

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SHAH ALAM: Tejas for Lima 19. Indian news service, Business Standard, is reporting that a single Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Tejas Light Combat Aircraft will be taking part in the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace 2019 (LIMA 19),this March. HAL has yet to officially confirm the participation of the Tejas but …

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JF-17 at LIMA 19, Maybe [20]

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SHAH ALAM: JF-17 at LIMA 19. Sino Pakistani JF-17 may make it’s debut in Malaysia this March, if everything goes to plan that is. No one has confirmed the participation of the JF-17 but the likely debut of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Tejas LCA at the biennial Langkawi air …

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Last Hurrah

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SHAH ALAM: Last hurrah. Newly appointed 10th Para Brigade Commander Brig Jen Khairul Azmizal Ahmad Natal made his introductory visit to the formation’s armor unit, Skuadron Armor Para on Jan. 9, BTDM online reported. Khairul Azmizal was appointed as the brigade’s commander on Oct. 23, 2018 replacing Mej Jen Tengku …

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Singapore To Buy F-35s [8]

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SHAH ALAM: Singapore to buy F-35s. Singapore Defense Ministry today announced that it has identified the F-35 as the most suitable replacement for its fleet of F-16s. It says with the F-16s to be retired soon after 2030 the decision to acquire the F-35 – likely to be concluded within …

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Destini Overcoming Its Destiny? [5]

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SHAH ALAM: Destini overcoming its destiny. Shortly after the May 9, 2018 general election which saw the Pakatan Harapan coalition taking over the government from the ruling Barisan Nasional, many say companies which were beholden to the old regime had a bleak future. One of those companies was Destini Bhd, …

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MMEA and ESSCOM Officially under Home Ministry [4]

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SHAH ALAM: MMEA and ESSCOM officially under Home Ministry. The Attorney’s General Chambers on Jan. 22 published the Ministers of the Federal Government Order 2019, which specified the people who are appointed as Federal ministers as appointed by the King and their ministries, departments, agencies and laws under their responsibilities. …

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Hawk Silver Jubilee [19]

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SHAH ALAM: Hawk Silver Jubilee. The 25th anniversary of the RMAF Hawk is scheduled to be held on March 2, 2019. The celebration, likely to be held at the Butterworth airbase, will be the third for RMAF’s 90s fast jets after the ones for the Fulcrum and the Hornet. It …

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RFI for LCA and UAVs [2]

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SHAH ALAM: RFI for LCA and UAVs. On Feb 1, I wrote for Aviation Week, Malaysia has begun a quest to purchase light combat aircraft (LCA) and unmanned surveillance and attack aircraft, issuing requests for information (RFIs) from selected manufacturers despite uncertainty about when funding will be available. In a …

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Another View on TUDM CAP 55 [9]

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SHAH ALAM: Another view on TUDM Cap 55. A guest post by …It has been 10 months since I have written a piece on TUDM plans herehttp://www.malaysiandefence.com/rmaf-2020-part-2/. In that short period of time we have seen a historical change of government, and the launch of a very generalistic plan from …

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