Equipment of the Republic of Singapore Air Force

The equipment of the Republic of Singapore Air Force can be subdivided into: aircraft, helicopters, missiles, rockets, bombs and radars.

Aircraft

Current
Aircraft Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Fighter aircraft
F-35 Lightning II Stealth multirole fighter F-35B  USA 0+(4) 4 aircraft to be procured for further evaluation by the RSAF, with option for an additional of 8 aircraft under the same contract.[1] Confirmed to replace F-16 beyond 2030.
F-15E Strike Eagle Multirole fighter F-15SG  USA 40[2] 2 in RSAF50 Livery[3]
F-16 Fighting Falcon Multirole fighter F-16C/D Block 52+  USA 60[2] Currently upgraded by Lockheed Martin to Viper Block 70/72 with Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83, improved IFF and Link 16, expected by 2022
Airborne early warning and control aircraft
Gulfstream G550 AEW&C G550 AEW  USA 4[4] One G550 RSAF AEW trainer under ST Aero Engineering.
Cargo/transport aircraft
Airbus A330 Aerial refuelling, military transport KC-30A  France
 Spain		 5+(1) Total of six ordered. Five delivered, of which one (761) is in RSAF50 Livery[5]
Lockheed Martin KC-130 Aerial refuelling, military transport KC-130B/H  USA 5[4]
Lockheed C-130 Hercules Military transport C-130H  USA 5[4]
Fokker 50 Military transport, patrol  Netherlands 9[4]
Trainer aircraft
M-346 Master Trainer  Italy 12[4] Based at Cazaux Air Base, France
Pilatus PC-21 Trainer   Switzerland 19[4] Based at RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia
Helicopters
AH-64 Apache Attack AH-64SG  USA 20[2][6]
CH-47 Chinook Transport, utility CH-47SD

CH-47F

  USA 15+(10)[4] 10 CH-47F on order.[4]
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk Utility S-70B  USA 8[4][2][7]
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma Transport, utility AS332M  France 32[4]
Eurocopter EC725 Transport, utility H225  France 0+(16)[7] 16 on order.
Eurocopter EC120 Colibri Trainer  France
 China
 Singapore		 5[4]

Former
Aircraft Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Fighter aircraft
A-4 Skyhawk Fighter-bomber / trainer T/A-4SU  USA
 Singapore		 150 Upgrade of the Douglas A-4S Skyhawk attack aircraft undertaken by Singapore Aircraft Industries (SAI, now ST Aerospace) in the 1980s.
Northrop F-5 Multirole fighter F-5S  USA 30[2] Retired in 2015. In service from 1985-2015.[8]
Hawker Hunter Fighter-bomber FGA.74
FR.74A/B
T.75/A		  UK 46 Twelve FGA.74, 26 FR.74A/B, and eight T.75/A (excluding one T.75A which was lost in accident before delivery) were delivered to RSAF in 1970 and 1973. Upgraded in the late 1970s by Lockheed Aircraft Services Singapore (LASS), the type was redesignated as FGA.74S, FR.74S and T.75S. Retired and phased out of service in 1992, only four were preserved as museum exhibits and gate guards while the remaining 21 airworthy airframes was sold to an Australian Warbird broker, Pacific Hunter Aviation Pty, in 1995.[9][10]
F-16 Fighting Falcon Multirole fighter F-16A/B  USA 20 Originally twenty. One F-16A was lost following a mid-air collision with another F-16A over South China Sea in 1991. All surviving airframes were retired in 2002 and was subsequently upgraded locally to "Falcon One" standard by ST Aerospace before being transferred to Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in 2004.[7][11]
Cargo/transport aircraft
KC-135 Stratotanker Aerial refuelling, military transport, VIP transport KC-135R  USA 4[4] Replaced by A330 MRTT in November 2019
Short SC.7 Skyvan Utility Skyvan 3M  UK 6 Six Skyvan 3Ms delivered in 1973 and retired in 1993.[7]
Cessna 172 Utility F172K  USA 8 Eight F172Ks delivered in 1969, retired in 1972.[7]
Trainer aircraft
BAC Jet Provost Trainer T.52  UK 5 Five T.52s (ex-South Yemen Air Force airframe) operated from the 1975 until 1980.[7]
BAC Strikemaster Trainer Mk.81
Mk.82
Mk.84		  UK 25 Total 25 received (16 Mk.84s delivered in 1969 from UK plus four Mk.81s from South Yemen in 1975 and another five Mk.82s from Oman in 1977), all were retired in 1984 with one airframe preserved at the RSAF Museum while the remaining 13 airworthy airframes were sold to a Warbird broker.[7][12]
Lockheed T-33 Trainer T-33A  USA 20 20 T-33As (ex-French Air Force airframes), operated from 1980 until retired in 1985.[7]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Trainer SF.260M
SF.260W		  Italy 26 14 SF.260Ms delivered in 1971 plus 12 SF.260Ws delivered in 1979 and 1981. All remaining 19 airworthy airframes retired in 2002 and transferred to the Indonesian Air Force.[7][13]
SIAI-Marchetti S.211 Trainer S.211  Italy 32 Since 1984, 32 S.211s were acquired for RSAF's Basic Jet Training (BJT) program (this figure includes 24 airframes which were assembled locally by Singapore Aircraft Industries plus two former Haitian aircraft acquired as attrition replacements in 1994). Phased out from June 2008, of the remaining 25 airworthy S.211s, 21 were sold off to International Air Parts (IAP) Group Australia Pty Ltd in 2009 while 4 were shipped back to Singapore, being preserved as museum exhibits.[7][14]
Helicopters
Aérospatiale Alouette III Utility SA316B  France 8 Eight SA316Bs delivered in 1969, retired and transferred to Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1978.[7][15]
Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil Utility AS350B  France 7 Seven AS350Bs for basic helicopter training, all delivered between 1981/82 and retired in 1992.[7][15]
Eurocopter Fennec Utility AS550A2
AS550C2		  France 20 Six AS550A2 together with 14 AS550C2, all delivered in 1991 and was retired in December 2006. Subsequently, the six AS550A2 were sold off to Chadian Air Force in 2010.[7]
Bell UH-1 Iroquois Utility Bell UH-1B
Bell UH-1H		  USA 46 20 UH-1Bs (refurbished ex-US Army airframes not including 10 spares) for advance helicopter training, operated from 1980 until 1988.[15] While 25 UH-1Hs all are now retired except for 7 airframes which were refurbished and modernised before resale to the Philippine Air Force in a 2003 US$12 million deal.[7]
Bell UH-1N Twin Huey Utility UH-1N  USA
 Canada		 3 Three UH-1Ns (military version of the Bell 212 Twin Huey) delivered in 1977, all retired in 1985 and sold to Sri Lanka Air Force.[7][15]

Munitions

Aircraft missiles, rockets and bombs
Model Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Air-to-air missile (AAM)
AIM-9 Sidewinder Short-range air-to-air missile AIM-9P/J
AIM-9X		  USA 464
220		 [7]
AIM-120 AMRAAM Medium-range, active radar homing air-to-air missile AIM-120C
  USA 350[7]
AIM-7 Sparrow Medium-range, semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile AIM-7M  USA 70[7]
Python Short-range air-to-air missile Python-4  Israel 600[7]
Air-to-surface missile (ASM)
AGM-65 Maverick Air-to-surface missile AGM-65D
AGM-65G
AGM-65K		  USA 357[7]
AGM-114 Hellfire Air-to-surface missile AGM-114L  USA 192[7]
BGM-71 TOW Aircraft mounted, air-to-surface anti-tank missile BGM-71C  USA 200[7]
Anti-ship missile (AShM)
Harpoon Anti-ship missile AGM-84  USA 90[7]
Rocket
SNEB Ground attack rocket  France unknown Used by attack helicopter.
General-purpose bomb
GBU Laser-guided bomb GBU-10
GBU-12		  USA 68[7]
140
 [7]
JDAM Guided bomb  USA 1672[7]
GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb GBU-39  USA unknown

Land Air Force defence

Current
Model Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
MBDA Aster 30 SAMP/T Surface-to-air missile  France 12 launchers
600 missiles		 [7]"Singapore confirms delivery of Aster 30".[7]
SPYDER Surface-to-air missile  Israel 2 batteries[7]
75 Python-5/75 Derby missiles		 [7][16]
MIM-23 Hawk Surface-to-air missile  USA 4 launchers
400 missiles		 [7]
Mechanised Igla SHORAD  Singapore 30 [17]
9K38 Igla MANPAD  Soviet Union 30 launchers
350 missiles		 [7][18]
RBS 70 SHORAD
MANPAD		  Sweden 25 launchers
500 missiles		 [7]
Mistral MANPAD  France Less than 500[7]
Anti-aircraft gun
Oerlikon GDF Autocannon, anti-aircraft gun GDF-001   Switzerland 34 [7]

Former
Model Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
Bloodhound Surface-to-air missile Mk.II  UK 88 All retired in 1994.[7]

Radars
Model Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
Radars
Lockheed Martin AN/FPS-117Air search radar system USA10[7][19]
Lockheed Martin P-STARPortable search and target acquisition radar system USA20[19]
Ericsson GIRAFFE-S/AMBEarly-warning radar Sweden20
40		[7][20]
Tethered Aerostat Radar System Airborne ground surveillance system  USA 1

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