Tengah Airbase
| Tengah Airbase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: TGA - ICAO: WSAT | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Serves | Singapore | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 50 ft (15 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 01/19 | 2,258 | 688 | Asphalt |
| 18/36 | 8,999 | 2,743 | Asphalt |
| 18R/36L | 1155 | 352 | Grass or Dirt |
Tengah Airbase (IATA: TGA, ICAO: WSAT) is the most important airfield of the Republic of Singapore Air Force. It is home to the RSAF's F-16 Fighting Falcons, E-2C Hawkeyes and a large number of UAVs. Tengah's reserve storage includes some 100 units of A4-SU Super SkyHawks that are capable of laser-guided bombings and air defence. These were retired in 2005, but kept in reserve storage.
Prior to Singapore's independence, it was an Royal Air Force station known as RAF Tengah.
RAF Tengah
RAF Tengah was commissioned in 1939. Tengah airfield was the target of Carpet bombing when seventeen Japanese navy bombers conducted the First air raid on Singapore, shortly after the Battle of Malaya began. It was also the first airfield to be captured when Japanese forces invaded Singapore.
During the Malayan Emergency, it housed Avro Lincolns of the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force which performed bombing missions on Chinese guerrillas. In 1954 the Royal Air Force was re-equipped with Venom FB4's and Vampire T11's of 60 Squadron and was joined by 14 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. In 1958 they were joined by 45 Squadron RAF, with B2 Canberras. The Royal Australian Air Force retained their Lincolns with No 1(B) Bomber squadron until the end of the emergency.
Tengah Airbase
It was renamed Tengah Airbase in 1971 when it was handed over to the Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC). And from 1971 to 1976, under the Five Power Defence Arrangement, Tengah housed British, Australian and New Zealand forces.
The Flying squadrons are:[1]
- 111 Squadron
- 140 Squadron
- 142 Squadron
- 143 Squadron
The Support Squadrons are:
- Air Logistics Squadron (ALS)
- Field Defence Squadron (FDS)
- Flying Support Squadron
- Airfield Maintenance Squadron (AMS)
References
External links
- World Aero Data airport information for WSAT
- RSAF web page on Tengah Airbase
Airbases of the Republic of Singapore Air Force  |
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| Changi Airbase (East · West) · Paya Lebar Airbase · Sembawang Airbase · Tengah Airbase |
| Airports of Singapore | |
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| Changi Airbase (East · West) · Kallang Airport (Defunct) · Paya Lebar Airbase · Seletar Airport · Sembawang Airbase · Singapore Changi Airport · Tengah Airbase |  |
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