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...
Long before Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr. was appointed as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), he has already inspired various people from all walks of life, including a mother who went on to raise the child in her womb as a member of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) just...
It is sinking only now into Philippine Air Force (PAF) Staff Sergeant Hidilyn Diaz's psyche that she is a gold medalist at the Women’s 55kg category for weightlifting of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but already she has realized the huge responsibility put on her shoulders. Olympic gold medalist...
When it rains, it pours so they say, and this adage was proven true by Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. Fresh from her historic feat at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan that gave her more than P50 million in cash rewards and other perks, weightlifter and military reservist Hidilyn Diaz received...
The Department of National Defense (DND) lauded weightlifter and military reservist Hidilyn Diaz for delivering the country's first Olympic gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Monday night, July 26. "The Department of National Defense joins the nation in congratulating weighlifting champion...
Weightlifter and airwoman Hidilyn Diaz earned the admiration of the military after she bagged the country's first ever Olympic gold medal (women's 55kg) in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Monday night (PST), July 26. Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz competes in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition...
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...
Eumir Marcial With just two weeks to go before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial said that he and the other 18 members of Team Philippines offer their campaign to the men and women that lost their lives in a tragic C-130 plane crash last week. “We offer our best...
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...
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and the Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Thursday concluded their first air-to-air bilateral training on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) at Clark Air Base in Pampanga, marking a significant milestone for defense cooperation between the two...
Following the tragic plane crash in Sulu which killed over 50 people, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon called for continuous training and stronger maintenance operations for the troops. The Philippine Red Cross sends a response team after...
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...
