The Philippine national government announced to the mediat that they will lease from Japan five aircraft to help patrol the hotly disputed South China Sea, as China expands its military presence in the disputed region. During President Aquino’s visit at an air base south of Manila, the preident said he had done more to build … Read more
Philippine military sources said that a Chinese warship stationed near a reclaimed reef in a disputed part of the South China Sea aimed a “powerful light” at a Philippine military plane on a maritime patrol, Thursday. Alarming the G7 and Asian states, the Armed Forces of the Philippines showed on Monday journalists’ surveillance pictures of … Read more
The Philippine Air Force received the first of three Spanish Airbus C295 medium transport plane, which is part of the country’s modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under the administration of Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III. The hand over ceremonies took place in Seville, Spain. According to the press release from Airbus … Read more
A UH-1H (Huey) helicopter of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed as it was about to take off on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at a military headquarters in Cagayan de Oro City. The Huey chopper with tail number 318 rolled over while it was about to take off inside Army’s 4th Infantry Division Headquarters. The … Read more
The Philippine Military will be having an upgrade projects with a total budget of P7.04 Billion for the year 2015, as the country’s armed forces is set to receive a total of 67 projects, including several air assets and drones. The Department of National Defense (DND) had more than P7 billion projects based upon the … Read more
Sokol helicopter of Philippine Air Force Crashed Thursday, August 7, 2014. After it, 21 members of PAF headed to the accident area to investigate on the possible cause of the said crash. The accident happened in
The brand new Philippine Air Force Sokol Helicopter crashed in Marawi City on Thursday, August 7, 20134, injuring one of its crew and a bystander civilian who was hit by debris during the crash. The ill-fated helicopter was carrying an Army general and provides escort to Cabinet Officials who visited Mindanao. In an official statement … Read more
The United States government will give two Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” planes to the Philippines to augment the Philippine Air Force fleet of C-130 planes, as confirmed by the newly appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang on Thursday, July 24, 2014. According to Lt. Gen. Catapang, the impending donation … Read more
The country’s Department of Budget and Management (DBM) already finalized the purchase of the 12 Korean FA-50 fighter jets after they released the special allotment release order (SARO) which allocates a total of P18.9-billion. According to Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo the SARO was issued by the DBM on June 24, 2014. After the release and … Read more
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) received the first batch of refurbished UH1H or the popular helicopters delivered by a joint venture of American and Canadian firms. The first four of the 21 ordered Huey helicopters arrived in the Philippines in time, or a month before the anniversary of the Philippine Air Force. Refurbished Huey Helicopters (Photo … Read more