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National Day Parade 2022 at Marina Bay: In pictures

National Day Parade 2022 at Marina Bay: In pictures — The Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) F-16 fighter jets in aerobatic manoeuvres over Marina Bay at National Day Parade 2022. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

Jeremy Long

Try Sutrisno Foo

SINGAPORE: After two years of muted celebrations, the National Day Parade returned on a grand scale on Tuesday (Aug 9) evening at the Marina Bay floating platform - from crowd favourites like the Red Lions and F-16 fighter jets, to the marching contingents and a full-scale show segment with a cast of thousands.

Here are some of the highlights through the lens of our photographers, Jeremy Long and Try Sutrisno Foo.

Happy 57th birthday SG! A boy in the NDP audience at the Marina Bay floating platform. (Photo: Jeremy Long)

A child in the National Day Parade audience looks at his flag. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

Standing tall among the audience at the Marina Bay floating platform. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

I heart SG: A woman in the NDP audience at the Marina Bay floating platform. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

Kumaravel V and his wife, Paraathi, who attended NDP with their children, tell us they simply want Singapore to "rise up" this year after the hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Try Sutrisno Foo)

First time at the NDP for Irwan Ramli (right) and his wife Norlie, after having balloted more than eight times before this year. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

A sea of Singapore flags, and just a small part of the 25,000-strong capacity crowd at the last National Day Parade to be held at the Marina Bay floating platform. (Photo: Try Sutrisno Foo)

A giant Singapore flag, carried by a Chinook helicopter flanked by two Apaches, over the Marina Bay floating platform. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

A Red Lion prepares to land at the Marina Bay floating platform during the National Day Parade 2022, with the Helix Bridge visible in the background. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

Red Lions team leader, 2WO Ong Kah Soon, as he lands at the Marina Bay floating platform. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

The Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) F-16 fighter jets in aerobatic manoeuvres over Marina Bay at National Day Parade 2022. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

An F-16 jet over Marina Bay. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

F-16 jets in the signature Salute to the Nation bomb burst, led by Senior Lieutenant Colonel Lee Mei Yi, RSAF’s first female F-16 squadron commander. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

Crowds atop Marina Bay Sands get a buzz from an Apache helicopter at the National Day Parade 2022. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

The Navy’s Combatant Craft Medium vessels zipping across Marina Bay in pursuit of “intruders” on jet skis. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

A Navy diver jumps into Marina Bay from a CH-47F heavy-lift helicopter, in a move known as "helocasting". The CH-47F replaces the RSAF's older Chinook models and is making its NDP debut here. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

The presidential gun salute at NDP 2022. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

Executing the feu de joie at the National Day Parade 2022. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

The Republic of Singapore Navy marching contingent. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

Special Forces from the SAF’s Special Operations Task Force surround a “hijacked” bus as they demonstrate a hostage rescue at National Day Parade 2022. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

Special Forces from the SAF’s Special Operations Task Force in a live demonstration of a hostage rescue from a “hijacked” bus at National Day Parade 2022. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

The heart drum found in the NDP 2022 fun pack got audiences to participate in the show. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

Audiences waved their heart drums to the music in the NDP 2022 show's second chapter. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

Singer Jacintha Abisheganaden belting out old-school favourites to an appreciative crowd at the National Day Parade 2022. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

Taufik Batisah takes to the stage in the final chapter, together with The Island Voices, to sing the NDP 2022 theme song. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

Performers on stage at NDP 2022. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

Fireworks lit up the Singapore skyline at the end of NDP 2022. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

Fireworks lit up the Singapore skyline at the end of NDP 2022. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

Fireworks light up the Singapore skyline at the end of NDP 2022. (File photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

The audience leaving the Marina Bay floating platform after National Day Parade 2022, the last time the parade is being held there. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

A member of the audience shares a moment with a volunteer after the National Day Parade. (Photo: CNA/Try Sutrisno Foo)

Source: CNA/dt