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"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important news. As October continues, this week we’ve covered a variety of interesting news stories… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (18-22 October)"
Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston arrived in Manila on 16 August, becoming the first United States warship to conduct a port call in the Philippines since 2019, according to the… Continue reading "USS Charleston Visits The Philippines"
The Defense Secretary of the Philippines, Delfin Lorenzana, announced on Friday morning that President Rodrigo Duterte had decided to “recall or retract” the notice of termination for the Philippines-United States… Continue reading "Philippines To Keep Visiting Forces Agreement With United States"
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"
The government of the Philippines yesterday announced that it would be suspending its move to cancel its Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States, the third such time it has… Continue reading "Termination Of US-Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement Suspended For Third Time"
This year, China had intensified its activities in the South China Sea leading to rising tensions with both Malaysia and the Philippines. Beginning in March, the Whitsun Reef incident saw… Continue reading "China and ASEAN Agree to Avoid Escalatory Actions in the South China Sea"
In a statement to the press on 7 December 2018, Philippine Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana said that the T-129 ATAK Attack and Tactical Reconnaissance Helicopter developed by the Turkish Aviation… Continue reading "The US Approves The Sale of Attack Helicopters from Turkey to the Philippines"
Since the territorial dispute between China and the Philippines was reignited last month by Chinese actions around Whitsun reef, the Philippines have been intensifying their military response. Official Philippine reports… Continue reading "Philippines to Increase Military Presence in South China Sea in Response to Chinese Activities"