Singapore to stretch out SAF commitment to counter-ISIS coalition, says PM Lee Hsien Loong at meeting with President Trump
He additionally expressed gratitude toward the US for facilitating more than 1,000 Singapore military staff every year in preparing separations - in Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix and Marana, Arizona, at Mountain Home Air Base in Idaho, at Grand Prairie, Texas, and in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Republic of Singapore Air Forces (RSAF) Chinooks and military staff in Grand Prairie were sent to aid fiasco alleviation operations in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
"We are happy to have been of assistance," PM Lee said.
The SAF has since conveyed troops to give symbolism and insight investigation support to the coalition's Combined Joint Task Force, and a KC-135R tanker airplane to help aerial refueling operations for coalition air ship.
The tanker squadron's commitments came amid an essential period paving the way to the freedom of Mosul from ISIS in July, Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen noted as of late.
A SAF medicinal group in Iraq is likewise part of this push to help coalition powers in the battle against psychological oppression.
Prior in the day, PM Lee talked at the Economic Club of Washington D.C. The session was directed by President of the Economic Club of Washington D.C. what's more, CEO of The Carlyle Group David Rubenstein.
Toward the evening, following their four-eye meeting in the Oval Office, PM Lee and President Trump saw the marking function between Singapore Airlines and Boeing for the buy of 39 Boeing planes at the White House.
President Trump accordingly facilitated a working lunch get-together for PM Lee together with Cabinet Secretaries and key White House authorities.