Of interest, the Chinook helicopters are flown by the RSAF's 127 Helicopter Squadron which is based at the Sembawang Air Base (SBAB) in Singapore, however as mentioned, with a detachment at Oakey.
The squadron goes by the motto of "Strength, Courage, Swiftness", the motto is supported by the squadron motif, a white horse in full battle armour.
The still fairly new CH-47F 'Foxtrot' Chinook helicopters are making their third visit to Rocky for Exercise Wallaby and there is information suggesting that more will be arriving on Friday.
UPDATE! Indeed on Friday 1 September, a further four RSAF Chinook helicopters arrived into Rockhampton Airport also from Oakey - see Blog post above. To have eight on the ground is a record number compared to previous years!
Meanwhile, it appears that the four RSAF Boeing AH-64D Apache helicopters delivered earlier in the week on board the Antonov An-124 have had their rotor blades attached and should be heading off for test flights in the coming days.
Sincere thanks to local plane spotted John L for taking the time to capture and send through these great photos!
All photos taken by John Lee ©
