S'pore ready to help in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
Singapore
SINGAPORE is ready to send its CH-47 Chinook helicopters to assist in the relief operations following Hurricane Harvey's devastation of parts of Texas, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told US President Donald Trump in a phone call on Tuesday.
The tandem-rotor, heavy-lift helicopters will be deployed from the Republic of Singapore Air Force's Peace Prairie detachment in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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