It was a showcase of transformative history and awe-inspiring aerial capability, as the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) commemorated its 55th anniversary this year with an open house earlier in September.

As researchers who have just completed a national study on public attitudes towards national service (NS), we could not pass up the opportunity to join the huge crowds at the exhibition. No matter how many times you’ve seen it, the spectacle of F-15SG and F-16 fighter aircraft bursting through the clouds is always breathtaking.


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Chew Han Ei is adjunct senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), National University of Singapore, and principal investigator of the IPS Study on Public Attitudes towards National Service. Shane Pereira is a research associate at the IPS Social Lab, National University of Singapore, and co-investigator of the same study.

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