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Singapore has sent oxygen cylinders to support India s fight against COVID-19
South Korea has also promised that it will provide India with oxygen concentrators, COVID-19 diagnostic kits and other aid items
Singapore: The Singapore government has sent a consignment of oxygen cylinders to support India s COVID-19 pandemic response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force is transporting the cylinders on board two C-130 aircraft from Singapore to West Bengal, according to a report by Channel News Asia.
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Maliki Osman handed over the two planeloads of
oxygen cylinders to India s High Commissioner P Kumaran at Paya Lebar Air Base on Wednesday morning.
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An RSAF A330 MRTT is seen its hangar, Singapore s first net energy-positive military building.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force s six Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft attained full operational capability (FOC) on April 20, giving it an unprecedented strategic airlift capability in the Southeast Asia region. The aircraft fly with 112 Squadron at Changi-East airbase, where the first was unveiled in September 2018.
Compared to the KC-135R Stratotanker that it was acquired to replace, the MRTT can carry 20 percent more fuel, twice the cargo, and five times more passengers. It can also provide more and better medical care provisions for an aeromedical evacuation flight, with a specialized harness and power source for up to three intensive care unit patients, or 12 light care patients on stretchers. In the KC-135R, the aeromedical team had to bring its own power banks, and stretchers and beds were strapped to the floorboards.