New Zealand, Singapore still in talks over F-15SG deployment

New Zealand’s Defense Minister Ron Mark said in a statement on Mar. 13 that his country is still evaluating a proposal by Singapore to send a detachment of F-15SG fighters to Ohakea Air Force Base.

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

Mark had earlier on met Singapore’s Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen in Auckland for the second annual Singapore-New Zealand Defence Ministers’ Meeting.

It was announced last year that Singapore plans to bed down a contingent of F-15SGs in New Zealand for training purposes.