CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The Philippine Air Force has urged the government to install enhanced surveillance facilities and infrastructure in Batanes to ensure the security of maritime territories in the northernmost region of the country. LT. Gen. Fernyl G. Buca, Northern Luzon Command...
The Philippine Navy commissions BRP Herminigildo Yurong (PG906) on May 21, 2024 at the PN headquarters in Manila. (Photo courtesy of PN) The Philippine Navy (PN) has commissioned into service two additional fast attack interdiction craft (FAICs) from Israel while the Philippine Air Force (PAF)...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (middle) attends the Philippine Air Force 2nd Quarter Command Conference at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on May 13, 2024. Senior Cabinet officials and leaders from the Department of National Defense and Armed Forces of the Philippines also attend the meeting....
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received on Monday, April 29, the second radar system that was committed by the Japanese government to further improve the country’s territorial monitoring and defense. Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said the newly-arrived radar system will be...
A total of 700 personnel from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Air Force (USAF) joined forces to train under the first leg of the Cope Thunder-Philippines 2024 (CT PH 24-1) at the Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga on Monday, April 8. The bilateral military exercise aims...
Philippine Air Force (PAF) FA-50PH light fighters and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) T-50B aircraft demonstrators participate in a friendship flight during the opening day of the Black EAgles Airshow and Friendship Flight at the Clark Air Base in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on March 3, 2024. The...
​Air troops of the Philippines and South Korea will be conducting aerial shows in Clark Airport in Pampanga from Sunday, March 3, to Tuesday, March 5, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. The show will be jointly performed by South Korea-made jets...
Pilots from the Republic of Korea Air Force's (ROKAF) 53rd Air Demonstration Group (Black Eagles) fly eight KAI T-50B Golden Eagle aircraft and perform acrobatic stunts during an airshow at Basa Airbase in Floridablanca, Pampanga on August 15, 2022. (Photo by Philippine Air Force) Supersonic jets...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has started conducting cloud seeding operations over northern Luzon in response to the adverse effects of the El Niño which already caused more than P350 million damage in agriculture across the country. PAF spokesperson Ma. Consuelo Castillo said the operation is in...
FA-50 light fighter jets of the Philippine Air Force fly with a B-52H bomber aircraft of the United States Pacific Air Force for its first ever combined air patrol over the West Philippine Sea on February 19, 2024. (Photo by PAF) The Philippines, through the National Security Council (NSC),...
FA-50 light fighter jets of the Philippine Air Force fly with a B-52H bomber aircraft of the United States Pacific Air Force for its first ever combined air patrol over the West Philippine Sea on February 19, 2024. (Photo by PAF) Three FA-50 light jet fighters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and...
A water cannon salute is given to the Philippine Air Force's newest acquisition, a C-130H tactical transport aircraft, during its arrival at Clark Air Base in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on February 19, 2024. (Photo by PAF) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) welcomed its newest C-130H tactical transport...
