and there is a reason Malaysia didnt "kick out" Australia from Butterworth Airbase

Australia has P8 based in Butterworth, and have made some upgrades to the base so it can park some F35 if needed

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-det...don-sustainment

Boeing has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore's state-affiliated defence company ST Engineering to jointly explore potential areas of co-operation regarding the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA).

The MOU was disclosed by Boeing in a media release on 29 May. Under the MOU, Boeing and ST Engineering will “outline potential areas of collaboration in systems integration, training, local parts distribution, support and sustainment work for the P-8A Poseidon”, said the release.

“Boeing and ST Engineering have identified opportunities to collaborate in a number of areas and will explore these in more detail, including jointly developing a P-8 service centre in Singapore with the provision of engineers and aircraft maintenance technicians to support maintenance and engineering services,” it added.

ST Engineering had not responded to Janes request for a statement on the MOU and for more details on the potential collaboration at the time of publication.

The P-8A is a long-range MPA that is based on Boeing's 737-800 commercial airframe. Besides maritime patrol missions, the aircraft is also capable of carrying out anti-submarine; anti-surface; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations.

The P-8A's core suite of sensors includes the Raytheon AN/APY-10 maritime surveillance radar, the L-3 Wescam MX-20HD digital electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensor, the Northrop Grumman AN/ALQ-240(V)1 electronic support measures (ESM) system, and the Terma AN/ALQ-213(V) electronic warfare management system.

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ahaha. With this new nugget of info, it looks like Sg will most likely go for P8 after all or at least the frame and install her own custom sensors.

Sg is currently in the midst on deciding on the replacement for the Fokker 50 MPA.

It seems that the Ozzies are flying the P8s out of Singapore now..or more frequently out of Singapore.

https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defenc...-from-singapore

Not only that...Global Hawks fly out of Singapore too.

This news not as exciting as SKS airways getting 10 E195-E2.
Can't wait to sit the airplane.

they using those jets to fly where

us model also apply. zero treaty they also intervene. just a question of whether they get anything out of it. kaypoh doctrine.

sometimes you can spot Aussie P8 in Penang