Editing Five Power Defence Arrangements (section)

===40th anniversary===
On 1 November 2011, Singapore hosted FPDA's 40th anniversary celebrations, with the defence ministers, aircraft and servicemen from all five signatory countries converging on [[Changi Air Base (East)]] to participate in the event. Later, a gala dinner was hosted by Singaporean Defence Minister [[Ng Eng Hen]] at [[Istana (Singapore)|Singapore's Istana]] whereupon they called on Prime Minister of Singapore [[Lee Hsien Loong]] to discuss a multitude of issues. Codenamed ''Exercise Bersama Lima'', the three days joint exercise tested the readiness and co-operation between all participating countries and concluded on 4 November 2011.<ref name="MINDEF1">{{cite press release|title=Singapore Hosts FPDA 40th Anniversary Celebrations|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Singaporean Ministry of Defence (MINDEF)]]|date=1 November 2011|url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2011/nov/01nov11_nr.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224234251/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2011/nov/01nov11_nr.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2012|access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref>