Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Pacific Air Forces (US PACAF) aircraft fly in formation over the Philippine Sea for "Iron Swat" exercise. The bilateral training was held from Dec. 9 to 13, 2024. (Courtesy of PAF) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Pacific Air Forces...
Philippine Air Force (PAF) Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Stephen Parreño (second from left) leads the blessing and formal transfer of a decommissioned S-211 Marchetti jet trainer to the local government of Barangay 183, Zone 21 in Villamor, Pasay City on Dec. 15, 2024 to honor the historical...
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel throws a box of family food pack to his comrades onboard a separate vessel during the unloading of relief assistance intended for victims of Super Typhoon "Pepito" at the Virac Port in Catanduanes on Nov. 22, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard...
Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel conduct pre-emptive evacuation in vulnerable areas in Bicol on Nov. 16, 2024 amid the threat posed by Super Typhoon "Pepito". (Photo: 9th Infantry Division) Super Typhoon “Pepito” pounded Luzon and affected more than 852,000...
Military, police, and fire personnel work hand-in-hand in unloading relief goods from a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 aicraft at the Naga Airport on Oct. 26, 2024 for distribution to victims of Severe Tropical Storm "Kristine". (Photo: PAF) In the wake of the devastation wrought by Severe...
Philippine Air Force (PAF) and Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) personnel, as well as other volunteers load packages of relief goods into a Sokol helicopter for a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission in Batanes on Oct. 11, 2024. (Photo: PAF) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) facilitated...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Photo: DND) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. sees the tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) spilling over the country’s skies, as what happened during the latest incident in Bajo de Masinloc...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez said that the reported endangerment by two Chinese fighter jets of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane conducting routine patrol over Bajo de Masinloc "does not...
​The Philippine government will protest China's recent air harassment against the Philippine Air Force (PAF) over Scarborough Shoal. "I was informed a diplomatic protest will be sent within the day," Ma. Teresita Daza, spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), said Monday,...
File photo shows a Philippine Air Force NC-212i propeller aircraft, June 11, 2018. (Photo: PAF) From overlapping maritime claims in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), China has taken its territorial dispute with the Philippines in the airspace. General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed...
Lt. Gen. Stephen Parreño, commanding general of the Philippine Air Force, delivers a speech during the 77th anniversary celebration of the PAF at Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga on July 1, 2024. (Courtesy of RTVM livestream) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) reiterated its dedication to...
A Philippine civilian mission of volunteers and fishermen to West Philippine Sea (Akabayan Party's Facebook page) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) said Sunday, June 16, that it will continue to hold maritime patrol over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as part of its inherent duty to protect Filipinos...