Singapore and US sign pact to set up fighter training base in Guam

The RSAF's F-16 will be among the jet fighters that will be stationed in Guam. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON: The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will set up a fighter training detachment in the United States territory of Guam under an agreement inked by Singapore and the US, in a sign of deepening defence ties between the two countries.

The permanent fighter training presence at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam will be the RSAF's sixth long-term unit overseas and the closest geographically to Singapore. There are currently three other such detachments in the US - two in Arizona and one in Idaho - as well as one in Queensland, Australia, and one in Bordeaux, France.