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SAF Deploys to Assist Indonesia to Fight Haze
10 October 2015
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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.
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.
The SAF and SCDF personnel boarding an RSAF Chinook helicopter for Indonesia today.
An RSAF C-130 aircraft taking off from Paya Lebar Air Base for Indonesia today.