A brand new C-295 medium lift aircraft was delivered to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Monday afternoon, March 28, providing additional mobility to the troops. The Philippine Air Force welcomes the delivery of a C-295 medium lift aircraft in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on March 28, 2022. (Courtesy...
The Department of National Defense’s (DND) procurement of 17 units of Russian-made Mil Mi-17 heavy lift helicopters will push through even amid the latter’s ongoing military invasion in Ukraine. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) DND Secretary...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) bolstered its fleet with the arrival of two units of T-129 ATAK helicopters from Turkey on past Wednesday midnight, March 9, in Mabalacat, Pampanga. Two units of T-129 ATAK helicopter from Turkey arrive at Clark Air Base in Mabalacat, Pampanga on March 9, 2022....
Three personnel of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) died while another one was injured after the car that they were riding on got involved in a vehicular accident along EDSA Santolan in Quezon City early Friday, Feb. 18. (Courtesy of Jasper Adrian Ibanga) Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano, PAF spokesperson,...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has further boosted its fleet with the arrival of its Bell AH-1s “Cobra” helicopter, one of the most powerful attack helicopters in the world. The Philippine Air Force's 15th Strike Wing welcomes its new acquisition, the Bell AH-1s "Cobra" attack helicopter, at...
Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel on Sunday, October 24, advised the Department of National Defense (DND) to tap commercial airlines to fly soldiers pending the acquisition of five new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for the Philippine Air Force (PAF). “Assuming Camp Aguinaldo is in a rush to...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) announced Friday, Oct. 15, that it has formally accepted five new S-70i Black Hawk helicopters and four Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which are expected to boost the capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Five new S-70i Black Hawk...
The identity of the aircraft that was detected entering the country's airspace without clearance last Thursday, Sept. 2, remains unknown to the Philippine Air Force (PAF). (File photo: Philippine Air Force) Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano, PAF spokesperson, revealed that the aircraft did not respond when...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) drove away an unidentified aircraft seen entering the country's airspace without clearance, a ranking military spokesperson revealed Saturday, Sept. 4. (File photo: Philippine Air Force) Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano, PAF spokesperson, said two FA-50 fighter jets were...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday, Sept. 1 disclosed that a “confluence of many events” triggered the crashes of the C-130 cargo plane and S-70i Black Hawk helicopter that killed a total of 59 people. C-130 crash Lorenzana said the official report of the Philippine Air Force probe...
The remains of three Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel who died in the tragic C-130 cargo plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last week have been transported to the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Friday night, July 9. The wreckage of a crashed Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo plane is found by...
Following the tragic C-130 transport plane crash in Sulu over the weekend, an A-29B Super Tucano light attack aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) has also sustained damage during a test flight--thus raising questions as to whether or not the protocols being implemented by the military have...
