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Didnt know Woodlands got new military airbase. [laugh]

 

u mean u din know Sembawang Airbase stretch from Yishun/Chongpang area all the way to the border of Woodlands? it's huge lor.

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The interesting thing now is how are they going to transport the heli back to base w/o creating a big hooha in front of the public.

 

I think they need to remove a few lamp post + proper ground for a heavy lift crane to enter the field. Anyone wana tender for the job??? [laugh]

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Just passed Ave 12. The Ah64 sitting in the middle of the field near the new factory, new slip road.

 

Police have cordoned off the whole area + 1 lane heading towards Gambas. So expect traffic slow down.

 

Tail was broken off, but otherwise looks more like a heavy landing than actually 'crashed'.

 

Special Ops, Military police, TP and alot of SAF vehicles are there.

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If the Apache can land intact without the tail section attached, then my respect for the pilots' excellent airmanship. R/C heli modellers will know that a helicopter without the tail rotor will do one thing - spin around and around.

 

More likely the Apache suffered engine or rotor main shaft failure and had to do a dead-stick/auto-rotation landing which was quite hard and resulted in the tail breaking off and bouncing far away.

 

Hope it is not a write off, but this doesn't look like one of the Longbow equipped Apaches. Maybe the radar is not installed.

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Just passed Ave 12. The Ah64 sitting in the middle of the field near the new factory, new slip road.

 

Police have cordoned off the whole area + 1 lane heading towards Gambas. So expect traffic slow down.

 

Tail was broken off, but otherwise looks more like a heavy landing than actually 'crashed'.

 

Special Ops, Military police, TP and alot of SAF vehicles are there.

 

I also just passed by there. [:p]

 

How come nobody page for Radx? He has all the network.....

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Hope it is not a write off, but this doesn't look like one of the Longbow equipped Apaches. Maybe the radar is not installed.

 

Hmm I thought all our apaches are longbow equipped? Strange that this one doesn't seem so. Maybe the radar dropped off during the landing haha.

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