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2 unusual facts about Royal Malaysian Air Force


Sungai Besi

It is now used as by the Royal Malaysian Air Force as well as the Police and Fire and Rescue services.

Yang di-Pertuan Agong

All three branches of the Armed Forces – the Malaysian Army (represented by the Royal Malay Regiment, the Royal Armoured Corps and others), the Royal Malaysian Navy, and the Royal Malaysian Air Force – participate in the Trooping, in their No. 1 uniforms.


1967 in Malaysia

2 May - The US made Sikorsky S-61 military transport helicopter renamed Nuri and used for Royal Malaysian Air Force for the first time.

Al-Ma'unah

The leader of the group, Mohamed Amin, was a former army private but also arrested among the 26 in the Sauk siege included a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) major, an analyst, an insurance agent, a Malaysia France Institute lecturer and an executive with Proton.

Canadair CT-114 Tutor

In March 1966, the Royal Malaysian Air Force ordered twenty (serials M-22-01 to M22-11) examples of the CL-41G-5 Tebuan (which means Wasp in the Malay language) aircraft as counterinsurgency (COIN) aircraft.


see also

Paskau

PASKAU, a special forces unit of the Royal Malaysian Air Force