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Singapore’s new helicopter numbers revealed

19th February 2017 - 21:31 GMT | by Chen Chuanren in Singapore

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Singapore will receive 16 Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracals and ten Boeing CH-47F Chinooks as part of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Helicopter Group’s modernisation plans.

The information was revealed in the most recent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) arms transfer report.

Singapore’s Ministry of Defence had earlier announced on 7 November that it had signed a contract for an ‘unspecified number’ of H225Ms to replace two squadrons of AS332/532 Super Pumas and six US-based CH-47Ds.

The report also detailed that the additional order made in 2013 for two Sikorsky S-70B Seahawks was fulfilled last year. It

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Chen Chuanren is Shephard’s Singapore correspondent, primarily covering land and sea systems. He served in …

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