SAF Stands Ready to Assist Indonesia's Efforts to Fight Haze

This afternoon, Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen called Indonesian Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu to reiterate the Singapore Government's offer to assist Indonesia's efforts to combat the ongoing forest fires in Sumatra.

As part of the overall haze assistance package offered to Indonesia, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) have placed on standby a C-130 aircraft for cloud seeding operations, a Chinook helicopter with a water bucket for aerial fire-fighting, and up to two C-130 aircraft to ferry the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) fire-fighting assistance team. The SAF stands ready to support and assist the Indonesian military (TNI), which has been deployed to put out the fires.