KH-27 Patrol Boats Joins the RBLF

03 Mei 2018

KH-27 Patrol Boats (photo : Brunei Mindef)

MUARA – A handover ceremony of five KH-27 patrol boats was held this afternoon at the Royal Brunei Navy Base, in which the Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Major General Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Aminan bin Pengiran Haji Mahmud, was in attendance as the Guest of Honour.

The event witnessed the handing over of the five patrol boats to the Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF), Brigadier General Awang Khairul Hamed bin Awang Haji Lampoh. The KH-27 boats are fully operational to safeguard the country’s territorial integrity, and to strengthen the RBAF’s approaches to maritime security.

Also present at the ceremony were Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy, Joint Force Commander, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Technology and Development), Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Brunei Technical Services (RBTS), as well as senior officers from both the Ministry of Defence and Royal Brunei Armed Forces.

Following the handing-over ceremony, the Commander of the RBAF and senior officers of the RBAF had the opportunity to visit the patrol boats, to which they sailed from the Jetty Alpha of the RBN Base to the RBAF Watermanship Training Centre, Serasa. 

(Bru Mindef)