The United States (US) is reportedly offering a number of secondhand fixed and rotary winged aircraft to the Philippine Army (PA) as part of its Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program.
These aircraft are broken down as follows:
- 4 UH-60 Black Hawk Combat Utility Helicopters
- 4 AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopters
- 5 C-12 Huron Transport aircraft
Some PA Personnel will go to the US next month (March 2020) to inspect these aircraft, and another batch will follow in April 2020 to further inspect the aircraft. The aircraft will be provided for free but the Philippines needs to spend for Repairs, Shipment, Armaments and Avionics.
A C-12 aircraft will reportedly be transferred to the Philippine Navy (PN).
Quite a coincidence though that we suddenly have all these talk of what the US is giving us just when President Rodrigo Duterte is about to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Some Politicians have already spoken out that termination of the VFA will make it harder for the US to justify giving more EDA like these to the Philippines.
SOURCE: US offering a Dozen Second-hand Aircraft to the Philippine Army {Archived Link}
These aircraft are broken down as follows:
- 4 UH-60 Black Hawk Combat Utility Helicopters
- 4 AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopters
- 5 C-12 Huron Transport aircraft
Some PA Personnel will go to the US next month (March 2020) to inspect these aircraft, and another batch will follow in April 2020 to further inspect the aircraft. The aircraft will be provided for free but the Philippines needs to spend for Repairs, Shipment, Armaments and Avionics.
A C-12 aircraft will reportedly be transferred to the Philippine Navy (PN).
Quite a coincidence though that we suddenly have all these talk of what the US is giving us just when President Rodrigo Duterte is about to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Some Politicians have already spoken out that termination of the VFA will make it harder for the US to justify giving more EDA like these to the Philippines.
SOURCE: US offering a Dozen Second-hand Aircraft to the Philippine Army {Archived Link}
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