LABUAN: Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) memperuntukkan dana tambahan sebanyak RM7 juta kepada peruntukan asal RM9 juta yang disediakan kerajaan untuk pelaksanaan projek Pangkalan Operasi Hadapan (POH) TUDM di Lahad Datu.

Panglima Tentera Udara Jeneral Tan Sri Roslan Saad berkata pada masa ini, TUDM sedang menunggu kelulusan daripada Kementerian Pertahanan dan Kementerian Pengangkutan untuk memulakan projek itu.

Beliau berkata POH, iaitu infrastruktur detasmen helikopter yang akan dibina di Lapangan Terbang Lahad Datu, penting untuk membantu mengekalkan keselamatan ruang udara Sabah, khususnya di Zon Selamat Timur Sabah (ESSZone).

“Pangkalan operasi itu adalah untuk anggota tentera udara bertindak cepat sekiranya berlaku apa-apa kejadian tidak diingini atau isu berkaitan keselamatan di kawasan itu,” katanya selepas menutup Eksesais PARADISE 3/16 TUDM di Pangkalan TUDM Labuan di sini kelmarin.

Upacara pecah tanah projek itu disempurnakan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pada Mei lalu.

POH akan berfungsi sebagai pusat transit dan sokongan udara untuk pelbagai helikopter yang dikendalikan oleh Angkatan Tentera Malaysia yang berulang-alik antara Kawasan Keselamatan Khas Pantai Timur Sabah (ESSCom) dan Lapangan Terbang Lahad Datu. – Bernama

Labuan: The deployment of the Hawk Squadron from the Butterworth base to the Labuan Air Force Base has transformed it into the main operating base for Sabah and Sarawak.

Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Chief, General Tan Sri Roslan Saad said RMAF would look into the needs of additional and upgrading infrastructure at the Labuan Air Force Base.

"The need for infrastructure upgrading is timely, with the deployment of the Hawk Squadron from the Butterworth base to a fixed base in Labuan.

"And, with the shifting of the Squadron and additional assets, we are adding more infrastructures and assets at the Labuan Air Force Base," he said after the 'Closing RMAF Exercise PARADISE 3/16' at the Labuan Air Force Base, here.

He said plans were also afoot to improve the runway facilities so that the aircraft could operate smoothly and effectively.
Roslan said the shifting of the squadron to a fixed base here was aimed at strengthening the security of Sabah's airspace, especially within the Eastern Sabah Security Zone.

He said despite the Labuan Air Force Base being the main operating for Sabah and Sarawak, RMAF bases in other states rendered cooperation whenever needed.

The strength of the Labuan Air Force personnel stands at more than 1,200

Not to mention it can also unbalance the rifle, make it front heavy. That mag fully loaded with 100 rounds must weigh at least 2kg. Not an extra weight I would love to have on long patrols.

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