Two of the PAF's brand-new A-29B "Super Tucano" attack aircraft (Photo courtesy of PAF) MANILA-The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday said its aircraft, including two of its brand-new A-29B "Super Tucano" attack planes, have flown persuasion flights over various parts of Mindanao as part of their efforts to secure the May 9 national and local elections from lawless elements. "It's more of a reminder that somebody is securing the air space and is ready to help at a short notice," PAF spokesperson Col. Maynard Mariano said in a message to the Philippine News Agency. He added that aircraft from the PAF's Tactical Operations Wing Western Mindanao and Tactical Operations Group (TOG) 12 facilitated the flight missions of the UH-1H "Huey" and S-70i "Black Hawk" helicopters, and the A-29B "Super Tucano" attack aircraft. "The PAF air assets conducted persuasion flights in the AOR (area of operations) of JTF (Joint T
For decades the people of Mindanao have been suffering the effects of violent conflict at a cost of hundreds of thousands of lives and the displacement of millions of residents. There have been peace agreements, like the agreement between the government and the Moro National Liberation Front in 1996, but these…
Vice-presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has vowed to make farming more profitable for small farmers and farm workers under a Pangilinan-Robredo term to encourage them to continue tilling lands and feeding Filipinos.
(Keith Bacongco / Manila Bulletin File Photo)
"We have