Military Tuesday : MINDEF Commemorative Books - Apaches, Crewcuts & Detention Barracks
A series of books commemorating the anniversaries of the various services and commands of the Singapore Armed Forces. Since the electronic versions of these books are up for download at the official Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) site, there shouldn’t have any issues with OPSEC I hope.
Some nice photos in Once Armour, Always Armour, the commemorative Book for the SAF Armour Formation’s 35th anniversary in 2004, but nothing much new that we guys in Singapore that have served National Service haven’t seen in there.
© SAF Armour Centre
Locally manufactured Bionix 25 AFVs with an AMX-13 in the top left corner
© Republic of Singapore Air Force
The 2003 Wings on High book which celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) includes a history of the RSAF starting from the three propeller-driven Cessna planes that constituted the Singapore Air Defence Command in 1968 together with photos of the various warplanes that served the RSAF from the old Hawker Hunters, A-4SU Super Skyhawks with the RSAF to the current F-16s and AH-64D Apaches.
© Republic of Singapore Air Force
An Apache sporting the current low-visibility RSAF roundel adopted since 1990. You can see the previous Yin-Yang style roundel used from 1973 to 1990 at Wikipedia.
© SAF Provost
And in the 40th anniversary commemorative book of the SAF Military Police Command, we get several peeks into of the dreaded SAF Detention Barracks (SAFDB), probably the first thing that comes to mind for SAF service personnel when the Military Police are mentioned.
© SAF Provost
An montage of the Close Protection Operators who provide the security details for both local and foreign military VIPs during state and military functions.
© Government of Singapore
A series of blck-and-white photos from Mission Ready : SAF Peacekeepers in Timor-Leste by local photographer Ken Seet.
© Ministry of Defence Singapore
And last but not least, the 2002 Shoulder to Shoulder which marked the 35th anniversary of National Service - the rite of passage for all Singaporean guys which all starts with the haircut that awaits all recruits at the barracks upon enlistment.
Download these ebooks and more at the MINDEF e-Books page.
MORE @ THE DOWNLOAD MUNKEY:
US Army Center of Military History Prints
Armour Photos at Israel’s Yad La’Shiryon Museum
German WWII Atlantic Wall Bunker Photobook PDF
Tompei’s Museum of Machines
