The Changi Airbase (West) is the new name of Changi Airbase, renamed since the opening of Changi Airbase (East) on 29 November 2004. The airbase's history stretches back to the colonial period under British rule, when part of the site existed as RAF Changi. Located to the west of Singapore Changi Airport, its aircraft utilizes the runway of the civilian airport. The Changi Airbase is the former name of Changi Airbase (West), renamed since the opening of Changi Airbase (East) on 29 November 2004. ... The Changi Airbase (East) is a new facility extending the facilities of the existing Changi Airbase, the later of which was hence renamed Changi Airbase (West). ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Singapore Changi International Airport (Chinese: ; pinyin: XÄ«njiāpō Zhāngyí JÄ«chÇŽng; Malay: Lapangan Terbang Changi Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் சாங்கி விமானநிலையம்) or simply Changi Airport (IATA: SIN, ICAO: WSSS) is a major aviation hub in Asia. ...

The airbase houses the 121 and 112 Squadrons, which operate the Harpoon missile armed Fokker-50 maritime patrol aircraft and the KC-135R jet tankers and special transport aircraft. Fokker F50 VLM Airlines Fokker F50 The Fokker F50 was a small turboprop-powered airliner designed as a refinement of and successor to the highly successful Fokker Friendship. ...

RAF Changi

RAF Changi was formerly a Royal Air Force station in Singapore. The station is now the site of Singapore Changi Airport and the Changi Airbase (West). It was situated next to the infamous Changi Prison, where civilians and servicemen were imprisoned by the Japanese following the fall of Singapore in 1942. Singapore Changi International Airport (Chinese: ; pinyin: XÄ«njiāpō Zhāngyí JÄ«chÇŽng; Malay: Lapangan Terbang Changi Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் சாங்கி விமானநிலையம்) or simply Changi Airport (IATA: SIN, ICAO: WSSS) is a major aviation hub in Asia. ... Changi chapel, built by Australian POWs in 1944, later relocated to Duntroon, Canberra Changi Prison (Simplified Chinese: 樟宜监狱) is a prison located in Changi in the eastern part of Singapore. ... The Battle of Singapore was a battle of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, from January 30, 1942 – February 15, 1942. ...

External links

• News article on new airbase