RAF Tengah

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RAF Tengah was a major Royal Air Force airbase in Singapore that played a key role in British and Commonwealth air operations in Southeast Asia, particularly during the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
RAF Tengah canonical 6
RAF Tengah (Singapore) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
aircraftOperated Avro Shackleton ⓘ
Blackburn Buccaneer ⓘ
Bristol Blenheim ⓘ
Douglas Dakota ⓘ
English Electric Canberra ⓘ
Gloster Javelin ⓘ
Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Hawker Hunter ⓘ
Hawker Tempest ⓘ
Hawker Typhoon ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
Vickers Valiant (visiting detachments) ⓘ
Westland Wessex ⓘ
Westland Whirlwind (helicopter) ⓘ
de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
associatedWith British withdrawal from East of Suez ⓘ
Commonwealth Strategic Reserve ⓘ
builtBy British colonial authorities ⓘ
controlledBy British Armed Forces ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentName Tengah Air Base ⓘ
currentUse Republic of Singapore Air Force base ⓘ
garrison Commonwealth air units ⓘ
Royal Air Force Far East Air Force ⓘ
hasRunway main runway oriented roughly east–west ⓘ
ICAOCode WSAT (historical/for Tengah Air Base) ⓘ
locatedIn Tengah ⓘ
Western Singapore ⓘ
locatedOn Singapore Island ⓘ
location Singapore ⓘ
nearbySettlement Choa Chu Kang ⓘ
Jurong ⓘ
notableEvent key base for British air operations during the Malayan Emergency ⓘ
key base for British and Commonwealth air operations during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation ⓘ
target of Japanese air attacks in early World War II ⓘ
notableUnitStationed No. 1 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 14 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 20 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 45 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 60 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 74 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 75 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 81 Squadron RAF ⓘ
opened 1930s ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf Far East Air Force ⓘ
primaryRoleDuringConfrontation air defence and strike missions over Borneo and surrounding areas ⓘ
primaryRoleDuringMalayanEmergency strike operations against communist insurgents ⓘ
regionServed Southeast Asia ⓘ
runwaySurface concrete ⓘ
status former RAF station ⓘ
timezone UTC+08:00 ⓘ
transferDate 1971 ⓘ
transferredTo Republic of Singapore Air Force ⓘ
usedDuringConflict Cold War ⓘ
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation ⓘ
Malayan Emergency ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
usedFor air defence ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ
strike operations ⓘ
training ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 264 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tengah ⓘ
No. 264 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tengah (Singapore) ⓘ
linked to: RAF Tengah
No. 81 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tengah ⓘ
No. 25 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tengah ⓘ
No. 19 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tengah ⓘ
No. 60 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tengah ⓘ