Last week, the Philippine Air Force received the final two of six T-129 Atak helicopters ordered from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in July 2020 at Danilo Atienza Air Base on… Continue reading "The Philippine Air Force Receives The Last Two T-129 Atak Helicopters From TAI"
Yesterday, Manila received a major boost to its air defense capabilities with the delivery of Israeli surface-to-air missile systems. The Philippine Air Force received two SPYDER Philippine Air Defense System… Continue reading "Philippine Air Force Receives Israeli Air Defense Systems"
Last week, construction began for infrastructure relating to the Philippine Air Force’s incoming surface-to-air missile batteries. Under Project TIKAS, the Department of Public Works and Highways will construct facilities to… Continue reading "Philippine Air Force Begins Surface-to-Air Missile Infrastructure Construction"
The Philippines is to participate in one of the largest multi-lateral aerial exercises in the world at Pitch Black 2022. Held in Northern Australia, this year’s iteration of the biennial… Continue reading "Philippine Air Force Air Battle Managers to Participate in Pitch Black 2022"
On 9 March, the first TAI/AgustaWestland T129B ATAK attack helicopters arrived in the Philippines. Two Turkish Air Force A-400M cargo aircraft landed at Clark Air Base at 12:30 AM with… Continue reading "Turkish Attack Helicopters Arrive In The Philippines"
As the first Black Hawks from the Polish factory in Mielec were delivered to the Philippines, the country’s Secretary of Defense, Delfin Lorenzana, stated his hopes for acquiring even more… Continue reading "Philippines Hope For a Further Black Hawk Deal"
Lieutenant General Allen Paredes, the commander of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), said on 23 November, that the first batch of six T129 “ATAK” attack helicopters will arrive in the… Continue reading "Philippines To Receive First Turkish ATAK Helicopter In December"
On November 9, Philippine state media reported that five S-70i Black Hawk helicopters were delivered. The AN-124 carrying the helicopters arrived on November 8 at Clark Air Base. With their… Continue reading "Philippine Air Force Receives Black Hawk Helicopters"
The Philippine Air Force confirmed on Thursday that one of its recently delivered Embraer Super Tucano light attack aircraft was damaged during landing following a routine flight. MaxDefense Philippines had… Continue reading "Philippine Air Force Super Tucano Damaged In Landing Incident"
The Philippines military announced that all victims of the crash of a Philippines Air Force C-130H on Sunday have been accounted for as of Monday evening. 49 military personnel on… Continue reading "52 Killed In Crash Of Philippines Air Force C-130H"