President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
revealed that the Kingdom of Jordan might give a third Cobra attack helicopter,
this is in addition to the two previously announced when he visited and met King Abdullah of Jordan last
September 2018.
The President during his speech
in Bukidnon for the administration backed senatorial candidates revealed this
info, he also explained that he was reluctant to use such attack helicopter for
anti-communist insurgency operations.
They gave us two (helicopters).
I’m friends with the King of Jordan. He said he might give us a third,” the
President said in the Visayan dialect during the administration campaign event
in Bukidnon.
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| Bell AH-1 Cobra Attack helicopter (photo credit to owner) |
The donation of two Bell AH-1
Cobra attack helicopter was meant to beef up the Philippine Air Force’s
capability, which was tackled by King Abdullah and President Duterte during the
later’s visit.
“They showed me the helicopter
that they donated. It was shown in an exhibit there,” he said.
However the President refused
to use foreign-donated helicopters in the government’s continuing insurgency
operations with the communist rebels. He admits its painful to see government
troops and rebels, both Filipinos killing each other.
“I don’t want to use those
helicopters against the NPAs because we are all Filipinos. It hurts me to see
my soldiers and the NPAs dying because they are Filipinos. I’d prefer to fight
another enemy, but not our own people,” he said.
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