Good News for the Philippine Air Force (PAF) which
translates to a thousand fold greater news for the country.
During the House of Representatives committee
hearing on 2021 proposed budget of Department of National Defense (DND), the Philippine
Air Force (PAF) chief Lieutenant General Allen Paredes said that President
Rodrigo Duterte has approved the acquisition of five new C-130J Super Hercules
military transport aircraft.
“The President has directed in May this year that
the Air Force, the DND and DBM, acquire five C-130Js, the newer model,”
Lieutenant General Paredes said.
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“We are of the opinion that this would be enough to
serve, specially our mandate to be able to transport one rapidly deployable
battalion at one stroke and this would also be consistent with the historical
demands of like for example typhoon Yolanda when we had to carry in personnel,
equipment, and supplies,” he added.
The PAF chief explains that the C-130J acquisition
project worth 37 billion pesos is included in the proposed unfunded tier 2
priority projects of DND-AFP.
“The proponent is willing to – we can have a
financing agreement. What they need is 15% down payment or about 5.5 billion
for the first year, hopefully for 2021,” Paredes said.
He also said that currently, PAF has “a total of 4
C-130s, only 2 are operational, the other 2 are undergoing scheduled
maintenance, one in Portugal and one in Cebu.”
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