(Photo courtesy of BRP Ang Pangulo Facebook page) MANILA - The officers and crew members of the presidential yacht, BRP Ang Pangulo (ACS-25), have conducted flight quarters operations early this month to provide deck landing qualification (DLQ) training to pilots and flight crews assigned to the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing (PAW). "ACS-25 being the platform, played a vital role in the safe and successful conduct of DLQ training. With that, the officers and men of AC-S25 conducted a series of lectures, refresher training, table top exercises (TTX) and flight quarters drill in preparation for the said activity," the ship said in a Facebook post late Tuesday. Participating 250th PAW aircraft, pilots and flight crew successfully completed their training. "The attendees successfully accomplished the activity by conducting 18 sorties of launching and recovery of two helis of the 250th PAW," BRP Ang Pangulo's post added. The 250th PAW is one of the units of the Phil
(Photo courtesy of BRP Ang Pangulo Facebook page) MANILA - The officers and crew members of the presidential yacht, BRP Ang Pangulo (ACS-25), have conducted flight quarters operations early this month to provide deck landing qualification (DLQ) training to pilots and flight crews assigned to the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing (PAW). "ACS-25 being the platform, played a vital role in the safe and successful conduct of DLQ training. With that, the officers and men of AC-S25 conducted a series of lectures, refresher training, table top exercises (TTX) and flight quarters drill in preparation for the said activity," the ship said in a Facebook post late Tuesday. Participating 250th PAW aircraft, pilots and flight crew successfully completed their training. "The attendees successfully accomplished the activity by conducting 18 sorties of launching and recovery of two helis of the 250th PAW," BRP Ang Pangulo's post added. The 250th PAW is one of the units of the Phil
(Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - The Philippine Navy (PN) said the presidential yacht which was repurposed into a floating hospital, BRP Ang Pangulo (ACS-25), provided medical aid to 235 patients to Typhoon Odette-battered Siargao Island from January 6 to 7. "The onboard medical team of the floating hospital, BRP Ang Pangulo, (has treated) 235 patients in two days," it said in its Facebook post Sunday afternoon. It added that the ship sailed for Siargao after providing aid to 373 Dinagat Islands residents. Aside from medical aid, the BRP Ang Pangulo also provided food, water, relief packs, as well as services such as haircuts and charging stations for their devices. Meanwhile, children were provided with toys and art kits as part of psychological first aid. Landing dock BRP Tarlac (LD-601) departed Manila South Harbor on January 7 for its third relief transport mission in areas devastated by "Odette" in Visayas and Mindanao. PN spokesperson Commander Ben