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Lumut Naval Base
Lumut Naval Base (; Jawi script, Jawi: ) is a Royal Malaysian Navy military base in Lumut, Perak, Lumut, Perak, about from Kuala Lumpur. It is Malaysia's largest naval base, and it has served as the Royal Malaysian Navy's headquarters since 9 September 1984, replacing RMN Woodlands Naval Base, Woodlands Naval Base in Singapore. This base now serves as the headquarters for the Royal Malaysian Navy's (RMN) Western Fleet Command, while the Sepangar Bay Naval Base serves as the headquarters for the RMN's Eastern Fleet Command. Commodore (rank), First Admiral Noor Zukhi Hj Harun is the current commander of Lumut Naval Base, succeeding First Admiral Datuk, Dato' Anuar Alias on 11 November 2021. History Background Woodlands Naval Base in Singapore has served as the Malaysian navy's headquarters since before Malayan Declaration of Independence, Malaysia gained independence from the United Kingdom. Even after Singapore in Malaysia, Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia in 1963, the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Malaysian Navy Aviation
The Royal Malaysian Navy Aviation is the naval aviation branch of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). RMN aviation also known as the . It was based in Lumut, Perak, Lumut, Perak and currently consisted of four Squadron (aviation), squadron. History RMN aviation was unofficially formed in 1985 after nine of the RMN personnel graduated from flying school. Two years later, RMN purchased a batch of used Westland Wasp from Royal Navy as their first flying unit. The RMN aviation officially inaugurated on 11 May 1990 by the third Chief of Navy (Malaysia), Chief of Navy, Laksamana Madya Tan Sri Abdul Wahab Bin Haji Nawi and RMN aviation now officially known as the KD ''Rajawali''. RMN aviation moving further by acquiring the new assets and expanding their squadron to fulfil the modern tasks. This includes the acquisition of modern Anti-submarine warfare, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, anti-surface helicopter-Westland Lynx, Super Lynx, Attack helicopter, light attack and Surveillan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
