(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine Air Force (PAF) announced that two of the six units of the Turkish-made T129 "ATAK" attack helicopters it has acquired arrived at Clark Air Base, Pampanga early Wednesday. "The PAF welcomes the arrival of two units of T129 'ATAK' helicopters onboard the (Airbus) A-400M from Turkey at 30 minutes past midnight 09 March 2022 at Clark Air Base, Mabalacat City, Pampanga," Air Force spokesperson, Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano, said in a message to reporters. The A-400Ms are cargo aircraft of the Turkish Air Force. In a separate message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA), Mariano said one of the A-400Ms carried the two helicopters while the other aircraft transported the initial logistics requirement of the two T129s. He also said the helicopters would undergo technical inspection and flight tests before being accepted for service to the PAF. "It will undergo inspection, it will undergo acceptance (test), test flights before th
(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine Air Force (PAF) announced that two of the six units of the Turkish-made T129 "ATAK" attack helicopters it has acquired arrived at Clark Air Base, Pampanga early Wednesday. "The PAF welcomes the arrival of two units of T129 'ATAK' helicopters onboard the (Airbus) A-400M from Turkey at 30 minutes past midnight 09 March 2022 at Clark Air Base, Mabalacat City, Pampanga," Air Force spokesperson, Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano, said in a message to reporters. The A-400Ms are cargo aircraft of the Turkish Air Force. In a separate message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA), Mariano said one of the A-400Ms carried the two helicopters while the other aircraft transported the initial logistics requirement of the two T129s. He also said the helicopters would undergo technical inspection and flight tests before being accepted for service to the PAF. "It will undergo inspection, it will undergo acceptance (test), test flights before th
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Published July 10, 2021, 12:58 PM
The remains of three Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel who died in the tragic C-130 cargo plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last week have been transported to the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Friday night, July 9.
The wreckage of a crashed Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo plane is found by authorities in Brgy. Bangkal, Patikul, Sulu on July 4, 2021. (Photo courtesy of 11th Infantry Division)
A PAF aircraft ferried the bodies of Maj. Emmanuel Makalintal, pilot-in-command of the crashed Lockheed C-130 Hercules plane; Maj. Michael Vincent Benolerao, co-pilot; and Sgt. Jack Navarro, crew member, at Villamor Air Base around 7 p.m.