The 165 Squadron is an
Air Defence Group
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squadron of the
Air Defence and Operations Command
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,
Republic of Singapore Air Force. It operates the
Rapier missile
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purchased from
British Aerospace since 1983, providing air defence cover against low-flying aircraft.
With its
motto, "''Pride in Protection''", the squadron conducted its first live-firing exercise at the Royal Artillery Range in
Hebrides, the United Kingdom in July 1984, and participated in its first overseas deployment exercise in 1985 in Exercise Air Thai-Sing (now known as
Exercise Cope Tiger
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) at
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in
Thailand.
History
The 165 Squadron, then known as 165 SADA, was officially formed on 1 August 1983 with the acquisition of the
Rapier missile
Rapier is a surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army to replace their towed Bofors 40/L70 anti-aircraft guns. The system is unusual as it uses a manual optical guidance system, sending guidance commands to the missile in flight over ...
after an air defence study in 1978. Formed at
Changi Camp
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History First prison
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, it was established on 1 September 1985, before becoming fully operationally ready a year later.
In 1987, the battalion shifted to
Lim Chu Kang Camp II
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The camp houses ele ...
, where it is currently located. Full-time National Servicemen were added to its ranks in 1988. In July 2006, ADSD became ADOC (Air Defence Operations Command) and ADB became ADG (Air Defence Group).
It current operates the Surface-to-Air PYthon and DERby - Short Range (
SPYDER-SR) ground-based air defence system.
References
External links
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Squadrons of the Republic of Singapore Air Force
Western Water Catchment
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