Armed forces scrap Black Hawk purchase plans after king’s call

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Armed forces chief Nizam Jaffar notes the call by Sultan Ibrahim, who had described the second-hand helicopters as 'flying coffins'.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/08/19/armed-forces-scrap-black-hawk-purchase-plans-after-kings-call  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/08/19/atm-batal-beli-4-helikopter-black-hawk  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #SultanIbrahim #NizamJaffar #BlackHawk

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00:00The Armed Forces have scrapped plans to purchase four second-hand Black Hawk helicopters worth

00:07187 million ringgit following Yang Dipertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim's call to do so.

00:13Armed Forces Chief Nizam Jafar said the plans were scrapped in light of Sultan Ibrahim's

00:18statement several days ago, in which he warned the Defense Ministry against putting the Air

00:23Force's pilots into flying coffins. Sultan Ibrahim had urged the Defense Ministry to

00:29cancel its procurement plan for the helicopters, which he said would be over 30 years old.

00:35Sultan Ibrahim, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, said the Ministry must not repeat

00:40its past mistakes, citing the controversial purchase of 40 second-hand A4 PTM Skyhawk aircraft

00:47in the 1980s when it initially planned to procure 88 jets. In November, the Defense Ministry scrapped

00:55a 187 million ringgit Black Hawk lease deal with AeroTree Defense and Services in Jumper

01:01Hut after the company failed to meet the October delivery deadline.

01:04Natasha Bust, FMT

01:07Natasha Bust, FMT

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