Before the year end
the Philippines will have its own attack helicopters.
The Department of National Defense(DND) announced that the
government expects to take delivery of the first two of six T129B attack
helicopters bought from Turkey.
DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said the next
two units would be delivered in 2023, and the last two in 2024. Once
commissioned, the helicopters will be assigned to the 15th Strike Wing of the
Philippine Air Force (PAF).
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The procurement was signed by the DND last July 2020 amounting
to P13.7-billion purchase contract for six T129B ATAK helicopters, developed by
Turkish Aerospace Industries based on the Italian-designed AgustaWestland A129
Mangusta — the first attack helicopter to be designed and produced wholly in
Europe.
It is equipped with Turkish-developed weaponry,
such as an M197 20-mm three-barreled rotary cannon, Cirit 70-mm laser-guided
rockets, Umtas antitank missile, and Stinger air-to-air missiles.
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The first batch of choppers was expected to be
delivered by September, but was delayed “due to stringent logistics and
administrative procedures,” Andolong said.
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