The Philippine Air Force (PAF) expanded its air mobility fleet with the formal acceptance of five additional S-70i Black Hawk helicopters at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Friday, Nov. 14. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman served as guest of honor during...
TACLOBAN CITY – A Philippine Air Force Blackhawk helicopter made an emergency landing Wednesday in a rice field in Barangay Panian, Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte. The Saint Bernard Municipal Police Station responded to the incident involving the helicopter with body No. 753. According to the...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) received five brand-new S-70i Black Hawk helicopters which are expected to further enhance the country’s air mobility, disaster response, and security operations. PAF Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Arthur Cordura led the acceptance, turnover, and blessing ceremony of...
Three Philippine Air Force (PAF) aircraft, including an S-70i Black Hawk utility helicopter, were dispatched to extinguish a huge fire that struck a residential area in Tondo, Manila on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Aside from the Black Hawk, a Huey II and a PZL W-3A Sokol, both utility helicopters, were...
File photo of Black Hawk helicopter The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is anticipating the delivery of 22 Black Hawk helicopters from Polish aerospace manufacturer PZL Mielec beginning this year until 2026. PAF spokesperson Col. Ma. Consuelo Castillo said Air Force personnel who will be tasked to...
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Tuesday, Feb. 22, finally signed contract for the acquisition of 32 additional units of S70i Black Hawk helicopters for the Philippine Air Force (PAF). (Courtesy of Department of National Defense) The choppers will be procured from Polish aircraft...
Thirty-two brand new S-70i Black Hawk helicopters will be added to the fleet of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in the next four years after the Department of National Defense (DND) approved of its procurement for P32 billion, Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced Sunday, Jan. 16. The Defense Chief...
Pilots of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) recently started their S-70i Black Hawk flight simulator training in Brunei to acquire key practices in handling the country's new helicopters . (Photo courtesy of the Brunei Philippine Embassy) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday, Dec. 6,...
Five brand new S-70i Black Hawk helicopters were delivered to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) as part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) continuing modernization program, it was announced Tuesday, Nov. 9. The Philippine Air Force welcomes the arrival of five S-70i Black Hawk helicopters...
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...
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...
President Duterte might visit the injured military troops in a Zamboanga hospital “if plans push through,” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said, referring to some 49 army personnel who were injured when a C-130 military plane crashed in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday, July 4. President Rodrigo...
