5 German fighter jets land in S'pore on Aug. 16 in largest peacetime deployment

The jets are stopping over on their way to Australia. 

 Five German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Eurofighter fighter aircraft landed in Singapore's Paya Lebar Air Base on Aug. 16 at around 7pm. 

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From Germany to Singapore in less than 24 hours

The aircraft were part of the Luftwaffe's Rapid Pacific 2022, which according to AP, shows the German military's ability to deploy military aircraft to the Indo-Pacific region in under 24 hours.

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The five Eurofighters were joined by three A330 tanker aircraft and four A400M transporters as they made the almost 12,800-kilometre journey from Neuberg in Bavaria to Singapore in under 21 hours. 

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With the German flag painted across its main body, its wings were decorated with the flags of Australia, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, four countries that the detachment will visit while it is in Asia.

You can see how the aircraft is wrapped with the special livery here: 

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 The visit represents the most significant peacetime deployment by the Luftwaffe in modern history, and comes on the heels of a seven-month voyage by the German naval ship Bayern in the Indo-Pacific region between 2021 and 2022. The Bayern visited Singapore in December 2021