Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, July 5 urged the government to bestow proper military honors for the soldiers who died in the C-130 plane crash in Sulu upon their burial. Hontiveros also asked the government to ensure that all the benefits due their families would be released immediately. “I...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has condemned criticisms which put the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at fault in the tragic military plane crash involving a C-130 cargo plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National...
A raw footage taken moments before a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 transport aircraft crashed in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday, July 4, made rounds on social media and sent chills to netizens who have watched it. Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson, holds a virtual...
Senators on Monday, July 5, sought a thorough investigation into the military plane crash in Sulu and the immediate release of available assistance to the families of the soldiers affected in the incident. “This is indeed a devastating incident for our Filipino soldiers who brave the frontlines...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has concluded the retrieval operation on the crashed C-130 cargo plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday night, July 4, which left 50 individuals dead and 53 others injured, making it one of the worst aviation accidents in the...
The United States has offered its condolences to the families of the victims of a C-130 aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) that crashed in Sulu before noon on Sunday. United States Embassy in the Philippines Charge d'Affaires John Law (US Embassy Manila) US Embassy Charge d’Affaires John...
Malacañang offered prayers for the safe recovery of the passengers of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 transport plane that crashed in Sulu Sunday morning. BURNING AIRCRAFT. An aircraft carrier, said to be a Philippine Airforce C-130H, crashed in Patikul, Sulu Sunday afternoon, July 4....
An investigation into the latest crashes of military air assets has become “twice as urgent” to immediately determine the cause and safety measures that should be put in place to avoid similar incidents from happening again, the vice chairman of the House Committee on Defense and Security said...
A Philippine Air Force (PAF) C130 transport plane carrying 96 personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) crash landed in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday morning, July 4, killing at least 45 individuals. A Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 transport aircraft carrying military personnel crashes in...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has finally retrieved all the remains of the six personnel who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Capas, Tarlac last June 23. The six Philippine Air Force personnel who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Capas, Tarlac on June 23, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Armed...
Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday called for an investigation into the ill-fated S-7-I Black Hawk helicopter that crashed earlier this week and left six people dead. Gordon said the latest in military mishaps, which happened on the evening of June 23, when the helicopter crashed at approximate 8...
The topnotcher of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) "Masidlak" Class of 2010 was among the six Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Capas, Tarlac on June 23. The six Philippine Air Force personnel who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Capas, Tarlac on...
