Ng Chee Khern

Ng Chee Khern
Ng addresses more than 90 international air chiefs during the Global Air Chiefs Conference forum in Washington D.C. on 25 September 2007.
Born	Singapore
Allegiance	Singapore
Service/branch	Singapore Armed Forces
Years of service	1984–2009
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	Commanding Officer, 149 Squadron Commander, Tengah Air Base Director, Joint Operations and Planning Directorate Chief of Staff (Air Staff) Chief of Air Force (2006–2009)
Awards	see #Awards

Ng Chee Khern is a Singaporean civil servant and former air force general. He is currently the Permanent Secretary (Defence Development) in Singapore's Ministry of Defence. He previously served as the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force from 2006–2009 and held the rank of Major-General. After leaving the Air Force, he served as the Director of the Security and Intelligence Division from 2010–2014.

Ng is an alumnus of Victoria School and Hwa Chong Junior College, and was a recipient of the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1985. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Second Upper Class Honours) and a Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. He also graduated with a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.

Ng enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1984 and served in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). He flew the Northrop F-5E Tiger-II and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Throughout his military career, Ng held various appointments, including: Commanding Officer, 149 Squadron; Commander, Tengah Air Base; Director, Joint Operations and Planning Directorate; Chief of Staff (Air Staff). He succeeded Lim Kim Choon as the Chief of Air Force on 24 March 2006 and relinquished this appointment to his second brother, Ng Chee Meng, on 10 December 2009.