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AEROSPACE CUSTOMER TALKAIR VICE MARSHALMOHAMMEDMAHFOODH BINSA’AD AL-ARDHIAIR FORCECOMMANDERTHROUGH THE YEARS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP,ST AERO HAS PROVEN ITSThe Royal Air Force of Oman’s (RAFO) relationship with SingaporeTechnologies Aerospace (ST Aero) began as far back as 1988when RAFO was then known as the Sultanate of Oman Air Force(SOAF). ST Aero first started providing RAFO with some minorcomponent repair services. Today, ST Aero provides total supportservices for RAFO’s C-130 aircraft – from airframe maintenance torepair and overhaul services on our T53 engines and components.On behalf of my organisation, I wish to express deep appreciationfor the excellent performance and quality service provided by STAero over the years. We look forward to continuing ourlongstanding relationship with ST Aero on future programs.CAPABILITIES AS A WORLD-CLASS LEADINGAVIATION MAINTENANCE COMPANYROYAL CHINA-SINGAPORE AIR FORCE OF SUZHOU OMAN INDUSTRIAL PARKADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEEMAE also received more B747interior modification and DC-10maintenance contracts fromUnited Airlines.The further sharpening of ourtechnical and maintenancecompetencies assisted DalFort insuccessfully clinching a line ofB737 ‘D’ checks from SouthwestAirlines, in addition to its existinglines of work.CONTINUED GROWTHOur CBG hangar capacitiesexpanded in line with the growthin business opportunities. MAE’s‘Super Nose Dock’ openedofficially in January 2000 andSASCO’s ‘Changi Bay 3’ inFebruary.Together, these newhangars add 600,000 manhoursin capacity, and constructioncurrently in progress in MAEwill further add a two-bayhangar dedicated to B757 PTFwork, to our capacity.In DalFort, we also set up newcapability in B757 landing gearoverhaul and successfully redeliveredthe first ship-set of gears toAssociated Air.To support the growingdemands and varying needs ofour valued existing and new customers,we continue to seeknew facilities in the US, Europeand Asia.MILITARYBUSINESS GROUPFor the MBG, 2000 was a yearof new initiatives, strategicmilestones, a growing customerbase and improving sales andperformance across the boardin airframe, engine, componentand engineering support services.In the coming year we willcontinue to develop new capabilitieson all fronts.REVVING ENGINES &BOOSTING COMPONENTSSUPPORTMBG achieved breakthroughs inthe European and South Americanmarkets by securing orders forJT-8D engine support, fromAeropostal in Europe and TAME,Varig and LAB from SouthAmerica.There are two other achievementsin this area of our businesswhich are worth noting. InJanuary, our component overhaulWe continued to expand our helicopter support services by sealing an agreementwith Sikorsky to make ST Aero an S-76 helicopter service centre.specialist subsidiary, STASystems, became the third subsidiaryin the group to be certifiedby the Japan Civil AviationBoard, one of the most stringentauthorities in the aviation industry,and in November, the firstCFM-56 engine came into ourfacility for overhaul.Through ourcontinued focus oncustomer-value, wecan expect toleverage on thelong-term strategicpartnerships wehave establishedwith our customers,many of whom arekey players in theaerospace andaviation industry.WINGS TO PROPELLERSWe further extended our maintenancesupport for the Republic ofSingapore Air Force (RSAF).Thefirst KC-135, a multi-role aircraftdesigned for refuelling, cargo andtroop transportation, was inductedinto our facility in September.Having been trained for over are:view • 75