![]() ![]() 110 personnel involved, including some contractors.Within 48 hours, the following were done to ensure a stretch of the 2.5km x 24m of Lim Chu Kang Road is operationally ready: The conversion of a public highway to runway was a herculean task. This is an ordinary road, Lim Chu Kang Road to be precise, converted into a short runway for the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) Exercise Torrent 2016 – an exercise to ensure operational readiness of the RSAF in using civilian roads to launch fighter jets for Singapore’s defence should the normal runways be incapacitated in times of war. And us, with eyes and mouth gaped in awe at this rare sight.Įxcept this is not dream, and this is no ordinary runway. Their afterburners glowing, plumes of dust and debris lifted from the wake of the awesome thrust of the jets. On the surface, it’s looks like a scene from a childhood dream – formidable F16s and F15s taxing down the runway before roaring off into the skies. ![]()
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