Philippine Air Force Black Hawk Helicopter Pilots undergo Simulator Training in Brunei

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32 Black Hawk Helicopters for the Philippines already ordered from Poland

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More details of the Black Hawk Helicopter crash in Tarlac

S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters of the Philippine Air Force, Photo by the PAF

Just more details from the Article by the Philippine News Agency (PNA) regarding the recent crash of the S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in Tarlac during a Night Flight Training: 

* The Aircraft that crashed was from the first Batch of six Black Hawk Helicopters that arrived in November last Year (2020)

Delay in delivery of next S-70i Helicopter Batches

An S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), Photo by the PAF

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana recently told The Philippine Star that more S-70i Black Hawk Combat Transport Helicopters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) will be delivered in the next couple of Months. 

Quoting Lorenzana in the Article, "Five helicopters will be delivered in July and five more in September"

32 Black Hawk Helicopters approved by Duterte, Contract may be signed within 2021

S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters of the Philippine Air Force, Photo by the PAF

As per Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in his Interview with the Inquirer News Publication, the actual number of Black Hawk Helicopters approved by President Rodrigo Duterte is not just 15 but as many as 32. 

Lorenzana said that the Yearly Payment can be covered by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Fund and Funds from the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). 

Teachers against the purchase of Black Hawk Helicopters

An S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), Photo by the PAF

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) is against the Government’s plan to purchase more Black Hawk Helicopters for the Philippine Air Force (PAF), saying that the Money would be better spent on Health and the Economy. 

What the ACT won’t tell People is that the Education Sector is already getting top priority in the Government’s Budget since the 1987 Constitution was enacted, and that’s because that Constitution mandated it. 

S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter Updates - Dec. 8, 2020

An S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), Photo by the PAF

Just some updates about the acquisition of the S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF):

* The Acceptance and Blessing of the first 6 S-70i units that arrived last Month (November 2020) will be made on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at the Clark Airport in Pampanga.

The DND’s Statements on the arrival of the S-70i Helicopters in the Philippines

The An-124 Ruslan Transport Aircraft that delivered the S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters to the Philippines. Photo by Alice Kacprzak

The Department of National Defense (DND) has finally issued some Statements about the arrival of the S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters for the Philippine Air Force (PAF) from Poland, and these are:

* The delivery of one S-70i will indeed be by Sea, but contrary to some Reports from the Polish Press, it was not delivered in August 2020 and will instead will arrive in the Philippines by December 2020.

First S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter of the PAF delivered by Sea last August 2020

Flight information from the Flight Aware and AirNav RadarBox Smartphone applications showing the An-124 Transport Aircraft carrying the S-70i Helicopters have landed at Clark Airport

Update (11/10/20): As per the Department of National Defense (DND), the delivery of one S-70i will indeed be by Sea, but contrary to some Reports from the Polish Press, it was not delivered in August 2020 and will instead will arrive in the Philippines by December 2020.

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According to the Polish Press, PZL Mielec announced during the International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO held in Poland last September 2020 that the first S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter for the Philippine Air Force (PAF) was delivered by Ship. 

An-124 likely carrying the S-70i Helicopters for the PAF on its way to the Philippines

An-124 with S-70i Helicopters on its way to the Philippines as per the Flight Aware app on Android

The An-124 Ruslan Transport Aircraft that is likely carrying the 5 S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) is departed Kuwait yesterday at around 1845H of their local time as per the various Flight Tracking Smartphone applications like Flight Aware and AirNav RadarBox. 

Its destination is not stated, but its Flight Track puts it as heading for the Philippines. Currently it has passed Vietnam and will reach the Philippines soon. 

Possible An-124 Aircraft delivering PAF S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters has arrived in Kuwait

An-124 with Reg. Code UR-82072 on the Flight Aware Website

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan Transport Aircraft earlier reported by the official Facebook Page of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Manila as the one carrying the 5 S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) seems to be the one with Aircraft Registration Code UR-82072. 

It is the only An-124 that flew out of Rzeszow, Poland yesterday (November 7, 2020) as per the various Flight Tracking apps like Flight Aware and the AirNav RadarBox. It arrived there earlier from Kiev in the Ukraine. It arrived in Kuwait from Poland earlier today (November 8, 2020). 

S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter from Poland Updates - June 10, 2020

Some updates from Poland on the S-70i Black Hawk Troop Transport Helicopters we bought from them:

* First 6 of 16 S-70i Transport Helicopters will be delivered by the end of 2020.

* Poland is also offering the armed version of the S-70i Helicopter to the Philippine Air Force (PAF). They say that if chosen, they can deliver the Helicopters starting June 2022 and the remaining aircraft by 2023.

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A slight delay in the delivery of the S-70i Transport Helicopters, probably due to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Pandemic. Initial news reports were that the first 10 of 16 were to be delivered in 2020 with the remaining 6 in 2021.

SOURCES:
* Poland stands with PHL in Defense, Development
* 10 of 16 Black Hawk Helicopters to arrive in 2020 – Air Force Chief

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