SAF puts prized assets to the test at Exercise Forging Sabre in the US

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This year’s exercise involves more than 1,000 personnel from Singapore. It is the ninth edition in a series that started in 2005. 

TESTING UPGRADED F-16 JETS, MID-AIR REFUELLING

At the biennial training, the RSAF is also testing out upgraded capabilities in an airspace more than 20 times the size of Singapore, from automatically refuelling jets mid-air to detecting enemies further away. 

Besides training, keeping the jets in the air longer is also vital during rare emergencies when it is unsafe to land.

For the first time in the history of Exercise Forging Sabre, automatic air-to-air refuelling capabilities, which enable jets to refuel while in the air, are being tested with the A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), an aerial refuelling and military transport aircraft.