RSAF sending fighter detachment to New Zealand this month

A New Zealand Defence Force spokesman said the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is sending a detachment of fighter aircraft to the country at the end of this month.

F-15SG Cope Tiger 2012
By Alert5 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The F-16s and its personnel will be based at Ohakea for three weeks.

Back in February this year, Singapore announced its intention to permanently base some of its F-15SG fighters in New Zealand.