mediasushi                        

For the past two Saturdays, I've been hanging around the Fullerton Hotel area to try and photograph bits of the National Day rehearsals (btw, National Day in Singapore is on August 9th). As I'm not one of the privileged few with tickets to the rehearsals, all I could do was be in the areas outside the barriers set up by security (military personnel, police, plain clothes police - the place was crawling with them everywhere).

There was no way I could get anywhere near to the 'padang' (field), where the main events are held, so my shots are limited to things going on elsewhere.

One of the spectaculars that happen every year are the parachuters...

And of course the grand arrival of the Singapore flag accompanied by three Chinooks. You definitely cannot miss this amazing sight if you are ever in Singapore in the month of July, during the Saturday rehearsals.

Then usually after, you get the show of air power! Jets galore - F-16s, all manner of planes... reconnaisance, refueller, transport, etc. and also helicopters.

Next is then a show of ground equipment. We're talking super heavy-duty stuff here. First we have the tanks... and boy, these things move fast!

Some tank tranporters? Can someone please confirm what these are.

Jeeps and trucks...

More tanks... can never get enough of them...

Then you get the big guns...

And here's a truck transporting some sort of equipment... maybe a generator?

Another tank transporter hauling equipment?

Well... that's it for now. More photos in my next post. Enough for today!