Published April 28, 2021, 11:34 AM
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) identified on Tuesday night, April 27, three of the four victims aboard a military chopper that crash landed into the sea in Getafe, Bohol while on a maintenance flight.
PAF spokesperson Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano said the lone fatality was Capt. Aurelius Olano, pilot-in-command of the crashed McDonnel Douglas 520-MG “Defender” No. 410 attack helicopter. He was a resident of Candijay, Bohol.
Meanwhile, the two maintenance crew members were Airmen 1st Class (A1C) Rex Anapio and Bonn Arasola.
The identity of the co-pilot, a 27-year-old woman with a rank of 1st Lieutenant, was withheld by Mariano pending notification of her parents who have both medical condition.
Published April 27, 2021, 3:00 PM
A Philippine Air Force (PAF) attack helicopter crashed during a maintenance flight in Getafe, Bohol Tuesday morning, April 27, killing the pilot and injuring three others.
Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano, PAF spokesperson, said a McDonnel Douglas 520-MG “Defender” combat chopper from the 15th Strike Wing went down on the shorelines of Gestafe town around 9:30 a.m.
“We can confirm that we have a downed aircraft in the vicinity of Bohol,” Mariano said.
Mariano said the pilot did not survive the crash after he chose to stay inside the chopper as it crashed while the survivors managed to jump into the sea before the impact.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 16) Defense and security officials shun the media in an event at the Philippine Army headquarters on Tuesday, several hours after President Duterte cited military reports to make a controversial claim that the United States government is converting Subic (Bay) into an American base.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana turned down requests for comments from journalists covering the assumption of the new Army commanding general, Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino, Jr.
Lorenzana presided over the event, while Sobejana was the outgoing Army chief.
Published on: Monday, February 15, 2021
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Duterte (second left) inspects the Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle, one of the newly delivered air assets for the Philippine Air Force, at the Haribon Hangar in Clark Air Base, Pampanga. – Philstar photo
MANILA: His dealings with the United States and China are a balancing act meant to keep the Philippines from getting embroiled in a conflict between two global powers, President Rodrigo Duterte said.
In remarks after inspecting newly delivered aircraft to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in Clark Air Base in Pampanga, Duterte maintained that he would keep the country neutral amid simmering tensions between the US and China.