2008/03/21
There's more to RMAF than meets the eye
A Nuri helicopter from the Kuching airbase releases purple smoke as it flies just 60 metres above Sungai Sarawak with the new state legislative assembly building in the background. — NST picture by Nik Hariff Hassan
KUCHING: Explosions and low flying aircraft will mark the Royal Malaysian Air Force roadshow in Sarawak today.
One of the highlights of the roadshow will be the flight of two aircraft, a Sikorsky S-61A Nuri helicopter and a CN235-220M transport aircraft from No 7 Squadron at the Kuching airbase.The aircraft will fly a mere 60m above Sungai Sarawak at 3pm.The roadshow, from March 21-23, is the third after Alor Star and Kota KinabaluNo 15 Fighter Squadron pilot instructor Major John Shan, the co-ordinator of the roadshow, said the RMAF wanted to be seen as a multi-role defence organisation and not just people who fly aircraft.
"Most people would only know about RMAF flying jet-fighters and helicopters in the skies, but there are more things than just flying aircraft in the RMAF." At the roadshow, the public will have the opportunity to get to know the men from No 15 Squadron fighter training school in Butterworth and their F/A-18D Hornet aircraft, No 19 Squadron MiG-29N Fulcrum pilots based in Kuantan and also the RMAF special forces regiment (Paskau)."With all of the RMAF key assets here at the roadshow, the public will get a better picture of the air force," said Shan.The roadshow is part of the RMAF's 50th anniversary celebrations to be held on June 1. It will be launched by RMAF 2 Div commander Brigadier General Datuk Khairul Bakri Mustaffa.
There's more to RMAF than meets the eye
A Nuri helicopter from the Kuching airbase releases purple smoke as it flies just 60 metres above Sungai Sarawak with the new state legislative assembly building in the background. — NST picture by Nik Hariff Hassan
KUCHING: Explosions and low flying aircraft will mark the Royal Malaysian Air Force roadshow in Sarawak today.
One of the highlights of the roadshow will be the flight of two aircraft, a Sikorsky S-61A Nuri helicopter and a CN235-220M transport aircraft from No 7 Squadron at the Kuching airbase.The aircraft will fly a mere 60m above Sungai Sarawak at 3pm.The roadshow, from March 21-23, is the third after Alor Star and Kota KinabaluNo 15 Fighter Squadron pilot instructor Major John Shan, the co-ordinator of the roadshow, said the RMAF wanted to be seen as a multi-role defence organisation and not just people who fly aircraft.
"Most people would only know about RMAF flying jet-fighters and helicopters in the skies, but there are more things than just flying aircraft in the RMAF." At the roadshow, the public will have the opportunity to get to know the men from No 15 Squadron fighter training school in Butterworth and their F/A-18D Hornet aircraft, No 19 Squadron MiG-29N Fulcrum pilots based in Kuantan and also the RMAF special forces regiment (Paskau)."With all of the RMAF key assets here at the roadshow, the public will get a better picture of the air force," said Shan.The roadshow is part of the RMAF's 50th anniversary celebrations to be held on June 1. It will be launched by RMAF 2 Div commander Brigadier General Datuk Khairul Bakri Mustaffa.
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