In anticipation of the arrival of the Philippine Air Force (PAF)’s Turkish T129 ATAK attack helicopters, it was announced that
pilots and maintenance crew from the PAF’s 15th Strike Wing
According
to the 15th Strike Wing, the pilots and crew will be in Turkey until August
this year. Training will be held at Turkish Aerospace Industries, Ankara,
Turkey.
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| T129 ATAK attack helicopter (photo credit to owner) |
The
Notice of Award (NOA) was already released, however, Secretary Lorenzana
said at time that the contract with the Turkish supplier “has not been signed
as we deal with issues on the contract itself.”
According
to MaxDefense Philippines, “TAI has constructed 2 airframes for the Philippine
order, and will have US-made LHTEC engines although it was not confirmed if the
engines will be sourced from new delivery, or from Turkish stocks delivered to
TAI before the issues with US export license came out. Delivery of the first 2 attack
helicopters is scheduled by November 2021. Succeeding helicopters will be
delivered in batches of 2 units in 2022 and 2023.”
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