State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) will transfer the Philippine Air Force (PAF) housing facilities from Air Force City, Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga to New Clark City in Tarlac. In a statement on Tuesday, Jan. 30, the BCDA said the relocation project would cost P4.24...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) performs water drops using a bambi bucket onboard a Super Huey helicopter to suppress a wildfire in Brgy. Dalupirip, Itogon, Benguet on Jan. 29, 2024. (Photo by PAF) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) deployed personnel equipped with firefighting skills to suppress a...
The Japanese government has turned over an Air Surveillance Radar System to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) as a sign of Japan’s commitment to support the Philippines’ armed forces, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko said on Thursday, Dec. 21. In a post on X (formerly...
Department of National Defense (DND) Seretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. delivers a speech during the unveiling of the newly rehabilitated runway of Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga on nov. 6, 2023. (Photo by Philippine Air Force) The rehabilitation of the 2.8-kilometer runway at Basa Air Base in...
Philippine Army (PA) personnel perform Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES) capability demonstratoin during the closing ceremony of the PA - Philippine Air Force (PAF) Interoperability Exercise (IOX) 02-2023 at Camp Melchor Dela Cruz in Gamu, Isabela on Sept. 30, 2023. (Photo by PA) The...
(L-R) Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thunborg and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. meet at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Sept. 8, 2023. (Courtesy of AFP) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will purchase multi-role fighter aircraft...
At the Philippine Air Force’s 76th anniversary celebration on July 3, 2023, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. spelled out in clear terms the significance of its continuing mission. He urged the men and women of the PAF to uphold the values of integrity, excellence and patriotism “as the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has lauded the Philippine Air Force (PAF) for being "custodians" of the skies and the protector of the country's territorial integrity and maritime zones. *President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot)* Marcos said this during the PAF's...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is aiming to better secure the Philippine skies and create a better future for the Filipinos as the “wings of our nation” by being a more capable, credible, and sustainable force. *Philippine Air Force personnel perform a hoist rescue operation using a Super Huey...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) held simultaneous flag-raising rites in all of its air bases around the country in celebration of its 76 th founding anniversary on Saturday, July 1. *(Photo: Philippine Air Force) * Lt. Gen. Stephen Parreño, PAF commanding general, led the rites at the PAF...
Philippine Air Force (PAF) pilots were engaged in a simulation exercise focused on counter air mechanics with the United States Air Force (USAF) to increase their interoperability in combat operations. (An FA-50PH aircraft from the Philippine Air Force and an F-16 aircraft from United States Air...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) recently trained together on maintaining AIM-9 missile launchers as part of the ongoing Cope Thunder 23-1 Exercise. (Maintenance officers, technicians, and specialists from the Philippine Air Force and United States Pacific Air...
