The Geagle game

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Spot the difference between different Golden Eagle versions using the following images taken from the KAI Website. Do the following:

1. Open a tabbed browser (latest versions of Chrome, IE, Firefox fall in this category)

2. Copy the following links to a different tabs:

http://adroth.ph/afpmodern/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fa50.jpg

http://adroth.ph/afpmodern/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ta50.jpg

http://adroth.ph/afpmodern/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/t50b.jpg

Comparison: Crusader vs Geagle

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Barring any significant reversals (which still remain possible as of writing), the South Korean KAI Golden Eagle appears poised to become the most sophisticated combat aircraft ever to enter service with the Philippine Air Force. It is a 21st century aircraft that will mark the start of the age of Fly-By-Wire for the PAF. The [...]

Three operational C-130s at last

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The following DND photograph captures a significant milestone in recent PAF history: the return of the rule-of-three to its airlift operations. Aircraft #4704, which recently arrived from a PDM cycle in the United States, and #4726, the PAF workhorse in recent years.

Touted as a milestone in self-reliance, the Philippine Air Force completed Programmed Depot [...]

Sokols in action

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Ten months after delivery from Poland in February, and only weeks after the second-batch of two units arrived at Clark AFB, the Sokols have been deployed to their first high profile mission in COMPOSTELA Valley in support of relief operations in the wake of typhoon Pablo. The following screen capture from an ABS-CBN report shows [...]

PAF: Waiting on the 5th attempt at getting Attack Helicopters

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The Philippine Star confirmed what had been feared on the Timawa.net forum for months, the most recent attempt by the Philippine Air Force to acquire all-weather attack helicopters, had failed. It was the fourth project in a series of attempts that dated back to 2006.

The focal point for this effort were ten (10) Eurocopter [...]

Aerotech awarded P69.5M contract for MSI of PAF S211

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Aerotech Industries Philippines was awarded a P69,482,840.81 contract to perform a Major Structural Inspection (MSI) of S211 #021 of the Philippine Air Force. Teresa Parian, CEO of the company was given notice on the 6th of November 2012.

MSI, alternatively referred to as Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) or Inspection Replace As Necessary (IRAN), is a [...]

Another PAF C-130 due to undergo Scheduled Maintenance Program (SMP)

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An unidentified Philippine Air Force C-130 is due to undergo its 24th Year Scheduled Maintenance Program (SMP). On August 1, 2012, the PAF Bids and Awards Committee invited suppliers to bid for tools and equipment related to the SMP on PhilGEPS. The project, PB-PAFBAC-110-12, had an Approved Budget for Contract of P2,109,965.00.

Neither the actual [...]

PAF 65th anniversary

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@ 11:47: “We are not expanding to be a ground force rather we are powering up to project air power in service of our country and our people.”

Upgraded C-130 acquisition project

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Last year, Timawa.net and other fora, were eagerly awaiting the reported arrival of an additional C-130H c/o an ex-Tunisian AF Herc that had suffered a runway mishap but had been refurbished by Derco Aerospace. The Timawa discussion for this project can be found here.

The wait was apparently for nothing. As per the latest DND [...]

Facebook group for PAF C-130s

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The following article is the rationale for the following Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/180853572015613/

The Lockheed (not Lockheed-Martin) C-130 Hercules transport aircraft is the largest airlift asset in the Philippine Air Force (PAF). It is the Philippine government’s most capable means of moving personnel and material for everything from combat deployments to disaster response. It provides the “timely” [...]