OPS & TRAINING

CDF VISITS STAND-BY FORCE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE

02 Jan 2008

STORY // Gail Wan
PHOTO // Chua Soon Lye

Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General (LG) Desmond Kuek visited troops manning stand-by operations at Paya Lebar Air Base on 31 Dec 2007.

The pilots, field defence personnel and logisticians demonstrated their 24/7 readiness capabilities to LG Kuek.

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