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...
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...
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...
Four drones worth P200 million have been provided by the United States (US) to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) to boost the country's capabilities in surveillance as well as in disaster relief missions. SURVEILLANCE BOOST-- The United States has turned over four unmanned aerial systems to the...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco moved on Tuesday, Sept. 28 to include in the proposed 2022 national budget the purchase of three brand new C-130J cargo planes for the Philippine Air Force. Speaker Lord Allan Allan Velasco, together with other congressional leaders, meets with Philippine Air Force (PAF)...
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...
Government trading arm Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) was tagged anew as the culprit in the inability of government agencies to use of millions of pesos worth of important equipment and supplies urgently needed in the operations of said agencies. COA logo and building The...
DAVAO CITY – A few days before 1st Lt. Sheena Alexandrea Tato took the ill-fated Sulu-bound C-130 flight, she asked her boyfriend in a telephone call to visit her family in this city even when she is not around. Tato's boyfriend said he never regarded this telephone conversation would be the last...
The remains of a young Philippine Air Force (PAF) pilot who died in a C-130 military plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last week have been brought home by his mother on Saturday night, July 10. First Lt. Karl Joseph Hintay Dr. Daisy Hintay, the mother of 25-year-old First Lt. Karl Joseph Hintay, carried...
