Daily news from the Malaysian Armed Forces / MAF
BUTTERWORTH, 29th April 2024 – The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Chief of Air Force, General Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Mohd Asghar Khan bin Goriman Khan TUDM, attended the handover ceremony of the F/A-18D M45-07 aircraft which underwent Local Planned Maintenance 12 Years (LPM12Y) by Rosebank Engineering Company. The ceremony, held at the Hangar Hornet …
KOTA BELUD, 14 Sep 21 – The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has conducted Exercise ABABIL 2021 from 7 September 7 to today. The ABABIL exercise includes Air to Air Missile Firing (AAMF), Air to Surface Missile Firing (ASMF) and Air to Ground (ATG) training. A series of AAMF and ASMF firing exercises have already …
The Air Operations Commander, Lt Gen Dato’ Hj Mohammad Salleh bin Hj Osman RMAF today, 18 Nov 2020, conducted a working visit to PU Butterworth to see the development of the Air-to-Air Missile Firing (AAMF) Validation Program involving RMAF fighter planes. The Air Operations Commander witnessed more closely the air-to-air missile firing (AAMF) exercise involving …
BUTTERWORTH, June 20, 2020 – The Butterworth Air Base (PU Butterworth) becomes the first air base visited by Senior Minister of Defence YB Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob during his working visit to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). This Working Visit is a manifestation of his mandate focusing on the Ministry’s four directions, …
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BUTTERWORTH, 29 Oct – The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is conducting Air Drop Defense, Insertion, Strike, Search & Rescue and Extraction exercise (EX PARADISE) 6/2019. The sixth edition of this exercise began on October 27 and is scheduled to end on 8 November 2019. Chief of Staff, RMAF Air Operations Command, MG Dato’ Norazlan …
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The exercise, codenamed ‘Op Bisa Daya and Op Taring Daya’ and conducted by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) involves six air-superior fighter planes of Sukhoi Su-30MKM and three F/A-18D Hornet aircraft, while the exercise area is the air space over the South China Sea. Sukhoi pilot, Major Khairul Ikhwan Yussof (call sign, Trumb) told …
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Air Operations Commander, Lt Gen Dato’ Sri Hj Abdul Mutalib bin Datuk Hj Ab Wahab witnessed the air to ground (ATG) missile firing conducted at the Air Target Range, Kota Belud Sabah on 2 Aug 2019. Training involving the Su-30MKM and F/A-18D aircraft is to increase the level of competency of the RMAF fighter aircraft …
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