Depicting Aerial Bombing - Ops Gubir

I'm amazed that there is a group of military history enthusiasts out there who are willing to sacrifice their times in depicting the aerial bombing by F5E and CL41-G Tebuan aircraft on the communist terrorists' camp at the Malaysia/Thailand border near Gubir. My next plan of action is to seek their permission to 'copy & paste' the posting in my blog.

On 16 April 2010...this was the only reply that I received. I presumed that they have no objection for me to reproduce their labour of love. Should there be objections, I will humbly delete this posting.

Fri, April 16, 2010 10:03:52 AM
ARC Air Forum Support
From: Steve Bamford forumsupport@arcair.com
To:      nibsny@yahoo.com
Hi,
Thanks for contacting me.  Your e-mail has been received and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center

Intro: “On April 16, 1976, Tebuan CL-41G from No. 6 Squadron and F-5E from No. 12 squadron had participated in Ops Kota Gubir operation. The Malaysian Army had identified a few Communist Terrorist (CT) camps at the Malaysia/Thai border near Gubir in Kedah.  Army battalions surrounded the area while the RMAF was called to conduct air strikes. This was one of the biggest operations that RMAF had been involved in.  Half of our Tebuan CL-41G 'day fighter ground attack' aircraft were equipped with mini-guns and rockets, while another half of the fleet was with 500 lb bombs. Allouette was also flown as the Forward Air Controller (FAC) to direct the strike aircraft to the targets……..” ---Major Zakaria Salleh  This diorama was based loosely on Major Zakaria Salleh encounter during the Ops Kota Gubir, the strike on Communists camp during Emergency period. This is a collaboration work of members of our local modeling society SFTPMS for our 50th Merdeka Group Build. The kits used are all in 1/72 scale that consists of 2 MHM’s F-5Es, 2 Kittech’s Tebuans and some Itelari figures. The diorama base and huts were sketch build. The guys working on this are: Brian Param – Tebuan FM 1126 Hilmi – Tebuan FM 1129, Figures Aidy Abdullah – F-5E FM 2209 Thomas Ng – F-5E FM 2205 Ck Loo – Diorama CK Tang – Huts  To CK Loo, CK Tang, Aidy Abdullah, Hilmi, Brian Param, Thomas Ng...Thank you.