Changi Airbase (West)
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The Changi Air Base (West), or Changi West Complex is a military airbase located in Changi
Changi
Changi is an area at the eastern end of Singapore. It is now the site of Singapore Changi Airport/Changi Air Base, Changi Naval Base and is also home to Changi Prison, site of the former Japanese Prisoner of War Camp during World War II which held Allied prisoners captured in Singapore and Malaysia...
to the eastern tip of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, in reference to the existing facilities of Changi Air Base
Changi Air Base
Changi Air Base or Changi Air Base ', formerly the RAF Changi, is a military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force located at Changi, in the eastern tip of Singapore...
. It was named as such on 29 November 2004 after the opening of a new eastern facility that same day. Sited immediately to the west of Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport , Changi International Airport, or simply Changi Airport, is the main airport in Singapore. A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a site....
, it consists only of an apron, sharing the civilian airport's runway for military aircraft based there. The air base houses 121
121 Squadron, Republic of Singapore Air Force
The 121 Squadron "Brahminy Kite" of the Republic of Singapore Air Force currently operates the Fokker F-50 Utility Aircraft and Maritime Patrol Aircraft based at Changi Airbase...
and 112 Squadrons, which operate Fokker-50 maritime patrol aircraft armed with Harpoon missiles, KC-135R jet tankers, and special transport aircraft.
Squadrons
The flying squadrons now are:- 112 Squadron: operates the KC-135R; &,
- 121 Squadron121 Squadron, Republic of Singapore Air ForceThe 121 Squadron "Brahminy Kite" of the Republic of Singapore Air Force currently operates the Fokker F-50 Utility Aircraft and Maritime Patrol Aircraft based at Changi Airbase...
: operates both the Utility Transport Aircraft (UTA) and Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) versions of the Fokker F50 since 1993, after having retired their Short Skyvans.
The Support Squadrons are:
- Field Defence Squadron (FDS)