Plan to base F-15SG in New Zealand fell through

New Zealand has decided that the plan to base F-15SG fighters from Singapore is not feasible.

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


Minister of Defence Ron Mark said both sides concluded the proposal could not proceed due to infrastructure shortfalls at Ōhakea airbase.

“Singapore also concluded that cost parameters were a factor,” Mark was quoted as saying.

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