Yes and no - I know exactly the display (and video?) that you're referring to. The "real" demo wasn't nearly that good, so I've modified it slightly to make it a little more coherent, and in doing so it now looks very much like the RAF role demo as you noticed.
Ahh well since I wasn't there in person, from what I can see at least you've done a very good job, again, of producing this video! I look forward to the next video! Any spoilers on what your next video will be?
Glad you enjoyed it! And yes, I'll give a few spoilers! Obviously we hope to have another episode of 'The Airshow' at the end of the year, but before then we'll be doing a Best of the Week video report from RIAT and some shorter videos from a couple of other UK shows. Plus I'm heading to the Zhengzhou Airshow in China next month as the cameraman of a fantastic civilian team, so as well as producing videos for them I hope to have some videos here too.
Ground based air defense is not 24/7 active meaning to say the missile readiness is not at highest alert level at all times. The readiness is classified but it can be responded within minutes when fighters are first line. Depending on scenario and situations, missles would have priority engagement in bad weather, night time or heightened alert and that is when missile batteries will be activated. The rationale why it is powered down could be due to the high pressure required to charge up hydraulics to provide lift and maneuvere to hoist over thousands of kG of weight of the missile and by not having radars 24/7 on since civilian and military radars are on 24/7 missile radars are de escalated when not necessary and that allows missile launchers to de pressurise and discharge the pressure from hydraulics. In singapore's context at any point of time a few jet is in the sky and also 24/7 G550 gulfstream early warning aircraft is on guard. There is no way any aircraft could come close enough without us knowing.
Everything looks good in the video until…those “firecracker explosions” spoiled the whole show! i just can’t understand why the only BIG explosion we first saw in the video was followed by smaller lined up explosions or should i call them firecrackers on that field near the runway? If those came from missiles fired from our multi-million dollar fighter jets, i believe everyone of us will agree, it’s totally not impressive enough… so sorry to say that, i might not be a real fighter jet pilot, but is one in online gaming hahaha
It really depends on what your budget is and what you want to use it for. The F-15SG is probably the more capable aircraft in most roles but the F-16 likely provides more "bang for the buck"
Yep, we produced this video on Facebook: facebook.com/thisisflight.net/videos/1328851337133329/ Also, an article: thisisflight.net/features/2016-2/feature-is-the-red-arrows-tour-doing-more-harm-than-good/
This is Flight i see thanks. Oh by the way the RSAF will be conducting exersise torrent sometime on november do you think is there by chance are u able to find a nice spot to film it outside the perimeter or a special pass to access in.Its been almost a decade since the last exercise
Sooo where in the hell do all these F-16 & F-15 jets go to because as soon as they take off from their airfield they leave Singapore air space in approximately 2.5 minutes??? Lol. How in the hell does a city state like Singapore have an air force of 100+ jet fighters? I ask only because many countries in Europe are constantly being told "oh it makes no sense for you to have an air force because you are too small", including my native Croatia that just bought 12 French Dassault Rafale jet fighters. Even the people themselves in Croatia and other places are saying "why do we need jet fighters when we are so small, at best we should maybe get 4-6 planes only, not 12 it's too much". To save anyone time who was going to Google the size of Croatia vs the size of Singapore, Croatia is approximately 56,000 km2 and Singapore is only 700 km2, so Croatia is about 80 times the size of Singapore. So, if Singapore can have 100+ jets, we could technically according to those standards have 8,000. Countries like Slovenia, Northern Macedonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia and others do not have any jet fighters and all of them are in NATO and could really use some of their own jets since some of them were fighting a war not that long ago (Northern Macedonia, Slovenia) and the three Baltic states have the constant Russian threat on their eastern flank. Yes, I know that NATO does air-policing for those members that don't have an air force of their own (for a fee, of course) and that even if the three Baltic states got 500 jets each, they couldn't stop Russia without NATO's help, but my point is that they could all have some jets of their own, they are not "too small".
Comparing the number of fighter aircraft to the size of a country is an absurd way of measuring it, though. Firstly, the complaint that some European air forces are too big is based on a mix of factors, chief among them the country's financial resources. With infinate finance, there's no such thing as an air force that's "too big" and Singapore has a much bigger defence budget at its disposal than many European nations. Secondly, there is the air force's purpose. Singapore is a highly defensive nation in a strategically important location, surrounded by countries that it sometimes has a tense relationship with, many of which are ramping up their military spending. Having a credible defensive military is a crucial part of Singapore's national identity, but fielding a force that looks credible requires a large fleet of fighters, regardless of the size of the territory that's being defended. A strong defensive CAP could perhaps involve 10 or 20 fighters in the air at any one moment, plus at least as many being readied on the ground to supplement the others, and a healthy reserve of spares in case any of the others become unservicable or are lost. That very quickly comes close to the 70-or-so fighter aircraft the RSAF has at its disposal in Singapore, and the number doesn't change much regardless of whether you're defending a small country or a single aircraft carrier. Many European air forces would be simply unable to field such a strong defensive force - but, unlike the RSAF, they don't feel they need to project that capability, and if the need ever arose, European nations can share the task with their neighbours, which Singapore couldn't do. Singapore also highly values the ability to cooperate with larger militaries (especially Australia and the USA) as an equal partner rather than a junior partner. Being able to deploy a large force to Pitch Black or Red Flag and play a meaningful part in the exercise is a key part of Singapore's foreign policy. Its close military relationship with the US helps drive a close non-military relationship, and without a credible air force, Singapore could all to easily be forgotten by the larger powers. Croatia and the Baltic states are fully integrated into NATO and the European community , so they don't need to use military power to get attention and respect from their allies to nearly the same extent. Finally, there is training. The Croatian Air Force can conduct most of its training close to home, so it can station all 12 of its Rafales in Croatia and use them both on real missions and for training exercises. Singapore can't host many training exercises domestically, because of its size, which means a large number of jets must be stationed abroad. However, they also want to keep a big fleet of aircraft operational in Singapore itself, to maintain that defensive force I described earlier. This means they have effectively purchased extra aircraft which count towards the total fleet size of the RSAF, but many of them will never, or rarely, fly in Singapore itself. About a quarter of the RSAF's fighters are based in the USA, for example. Without those extra jets based overseas, the RSAF would have a lot of fancy toys at home, but nobody would know how to use them effectively.
Zulkafli Kafli it’s already a statistical fact that Singapore has better equipment, and in terms of training is superior that Malaysia. Obviously each personal pilot is be different, and maybe Malaysia has better pilots that could take down Singaporean’s if they used the same plane. But they will not, and thus we can accurately conclude the RSAF is better than the RMAF
Aal Hatama yeah ignore intervention against ISIS, the involvement in Iraq war and involvement against piracy in Somalia. Don’t know if you are just ignorant or plain stupid.
Frazeea ALL Channel hahaha. I am an air defence operator. Malaysian paratroopers plane filed flight plan and notified Singapore on the exercise. Our procedure is to be alerted but end up the Malaysian plan got technical errors and didn’t fly. It’s a monthly thing that something always spoil. Our air force is superior to that of usaf in quality which is why America loves to sell us all those jets and cheaper than any country that bought it but with a lot better specifications the reason is simple much like we deploy new Pilots to train in America, America posted air crews to Singapore to observe how we operate to maintain such high readiness which they have yet to achieve despite being planes they designed themselves. And the eccm was created by us and sold to America which is why America love selling us toys cheaply at good specs compared to Korea, Japan , Saudi Arabia who all got the f15 but got it more expensive than ours. You truly have no idea lol. Malaysian and Indonesian Air Force cannot stand a chance. Even Chinas general himself stated a hypothetical war with asean that it will not be possible to seize asean because there is the singaporean Air Force. Our Air Force is much larger than Australia a country so big and larger than Taiwan who was supposed to fight off China. You really have no idea what your talking about.
+Combat 1 This isn't a propaganda video, it never tries to claim that the RSAF are better than any other air force. It is simply the role demonstration presented at this weekend's open house, slightly modified to include some extra footage, and set to music - nothing more than that.
