The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization is on full
swing.
The Philippines has just been offered by the United States of
America to buy its helicopters, the ever
reliable and heavy duty heavy-lift Chinook helicopters.
According to the country’s
Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez,
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| Chinook that was used in one of the Balikatan exercises done in the Philippines (photo credit to owner) |
"The US is offering the
Philippines to buy heavy-lift Chinook helicopters," Romualdez said.
“We are buying more equipment
but on the high-ticket items. I think you know about the 16 Blackhawk
helicopters. And then there are the heavy-lift Chinook helicopters which are
being offered to the Philippines,” he said.
Romualdez said if the AFP
purchase will proceed, it will help the Armed Forces of the Philippines in
their military/civilian operations.
“This is very important for our
disaster relief and then also in the movement of our soldiers,” the Philippine
envoy said.
Romualdez said the Philippine military
prefers American-made equipment.
“Our soldiers would prefer
obviously American-made, not because they have anything against Russian or
Chinese-made, but because interoperability is very important," Romualdez
said.
The Philippine government recently,agreed
to buy 16 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp for
P12.67 billion ($240 million), shunning cheaper Russian equipment due to US
sanctions on Russian military exports.
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