RMAF transports heart patient to S’wak

KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) successfully transported an elderly patient with heart disease from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR). An A400M aircraft from No. 22 Squadron transported a 71-year-old elderly patient with heart disease to receive treatment at Sarawak Heart Centre in Kota Samarahan. The aircraft […]

Air Force flies home 19 to Sabah, Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) ferried home 19 Malaysians who were declared free of Covid-19 after completing a 14-day quarantine at quarantine centres in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor to Sabah and Sarawak. RMAF said in a statement today that all of them who were university students and those working overseas had undergone health checks before boarding the A400M […]

RMAF ferries medical, health supplies to Sabah, Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Air Force today despatched an Airbus A400M to bring much needed medical and health supplies to Sabah and Sarawak for use by frontliners combating the Covid-19 pandemic in the two states. RMAF in a statement here said the giant transport aircraft took off from the Subang airbase near here at 7 am with supplies […]

RMAF aircraft ferry equipment to frontliners in Sabah and Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft yesterday flew medical equipment to Sabah and Sarawak for use by frontliners in the fight against Covid-19. RMAF, in a statement, said the medical equipment comprised 2.9 million face masks, 44 boxes of aerosol, additional clinical specimens for the Ministry of Health (MOH) facilities as well as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). “The first […]

Food aid mission to rural Sarawak commences tomorrow

KUCHING: Food aid for rural folks in Sarawak will be despatched by air starting tomorrow, said the state Welfare, Community, Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She said a total of 2,868 household heads (KIRs) in six areas would benefit from the programme, initiated to assist rural people during the movement […]

New Chief of Defence Forces known on Jan 2

KUALA LUMPUR: The year 2020 will see the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) under a new commander, with the current Chief of Defence Force General Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin going into retirement soon. A native of Perak who was born in Port Weld 61 years ago, he was appointed as the 20th Chief of Defence […]