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====Singapore==== [[File:111Sqn E-2C Hawkeye.jpg|thumb|An E-2C Hawkeye of the [[Republic of Singapore Air Force|RSAF]] from 111 Sqn on static display at Paya Lebar Air Base, 2006]] The [[Republic of Singapore Air Force]] acquired four Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft in 1987, which are assigned to the 111 Squadron "Jaeger" based at [[Tengah Air Base]]. In April 2007, it was announced that the four E-2C Hawkeyes were to be replaced with four Gulfstream G550s which would become the primary early warning aircraft of the Singapore Air Force. On 13 April 2012, the newer [[Gulfstream G550 CAEW|G550 AEWs]] officially took over duty from the former.<ref name="RSAF">{{cite press release|title=Planned replacement for AEW E-2C|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Singaporean Ministry of Defence (MINDEF)]]|date=23 April 2007|url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2007/apr/23apr07_nr/23apr07_fs3.html|access-date=13 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044252/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2007/apr/23apr07_nr/23apr07_fs3.html|archive-date=October 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="RSAF1">{{Cite press release |title=RSAF's First Gulfstream 550 Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Returns to Singapore |publisher=MINDEF |date=19 February 2009 |url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2009/feb/19feb09_nr.html |access-date=4 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303050639/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2009/feb/19feb09_nr.html |archive-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="RSAF2">{{cite press release |title=RSAF's Gulfstream 550 Airborne Early Warning Aircraft is Fully Operational |publisher=MINDEF |date=13 April 2012 |url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2012/apr/13apr12_nr2.html |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081918/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2012/apr/13apr12_nr2.html |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Singapore has close ties with the Israel military which has also acquired the G550 AEW.
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