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SAF Deploys to Assist Indonesia to Fight Haze
News Releases | 10 Oct 2015 13:00 (GMT+8)
10oct15_nr1 Chief of Air Force Major-General Hoo Cher Mou sending off the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel at Sembawang Air Base today.
10oct15_nr2 The SAF and SCDF personnel boarding an RSAF Chinook helicopter for Indonesia today.
10oct15_nr3 An RSAF C-130 aircraft taking off from Paya Lebar Air Base for Indonesia today.
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Chief of Air Force Major-General Hoo Cher Mou sending off the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel at Sembawang Air Base today.
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The SAF and SCDF personnel boarding an RSAF Chinook helicopter for Indonesia today.
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An RSAF C-130 aircraft taking off from Paya Lebar Air Base for Indonesia today.

Following Indonesia's acceptance of the Singapore Government's offer of haze assistance, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) deployed a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Chinook helicopter and 34 SAF personnel, accompanied by a six-man Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and a 5000-litre heli-bucket at around 1230 pm today, to assist in fighting the ongoing forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia. Two RSAF C-130 aircraft were also deployed to transport the SAF and SCDF personnel and their equipment. 

Chief of Air Force Major-General Hoo Cher Mou was at Sembawang Air Base to send off the personnel from the SAF and SCDF.

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