There will also be a state flag flypast across the Padang during the national anthem, and an enhanced salute to the nation during the parade and ceremony segment.
The enhanced salute will see six F-15SG fighters executing an enhanced bomb burst manoeuvre with afterburners in a delta formation. This will be followed by four F-16 fighters flying through in a diamond formation to signify Singapore’s diamond jubilee over the Padang after the national anthem.
The mobile column will also integrate with an aerial flypast comprising 22 aircrafts in four formations over the Padang for the first time at a National Day celebration, MINDEF said.
The first formation will be a multi axis flypast where six F-15SG fighters will approach the Padang from two opposite directions and flying past each other before going into full afterburner climbs.
Next, a Jet Formation Flypast consisting of one A330 multi-role tanker transport, four F-16 fighters and one G550-airborne early warning aircraft will ingress from the west.
The third formation will be a helicopter formation flypast, consisting of one S-70B Seahawk, two AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, two H225M medium lift helicopters and one CH-47 heavy lift helicopter, that will ingress from the south.
Lastly, a transport formation flypast consisting of two C-130 Hercules aircraft and two Fokker-50 transport aircraft will ingress from the east to showcase the assets used in humanitarian assistance and peace support operations.
“These four flypast formations will be integrated with different land vehicle packets during the ‘Defending Our Nation’ and ‘Our Strength in Action’ segments of the Mobile Column, which will also include one ASTER 30, two SPYDER and two MPSTAR from the RSAF’s ground-based air defence systems,” MINDEF said.
