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Landing Craft Utility acquisition project
Thursday , 27, October 2011 AFP modernization, Philippine Navy 1 CommentTweetThe Department of National Defense initiated the P189,934,000 Landing Craft Utility acquisition project on June 25, 2008 on behalf of the Philippine Navy. Because of the project’s monetary value, it fell under the responsibility of the DND Bids and Awards Committee (BAC). A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) is a relatively small amphibious assault vessel that […]
TweetPhilippine defense-related social networking sites have been awash with informal fighter aircraft recommendations for years. Many are simple collections of photographs of fighter aircraft with a mimimum of commentary, while others are assemblies of motherhood statements that make little, if any, effort into understanding the costs and complexities of operating modern aircraft. Two discussions, however, […]
Combat Utility Helicopter (CUH) acquisition project
Saturday , 22, October 2011 AFP modernization, Philippine Air Force, W-3 Leave a commentTweetTimawa.net forum discussion: http://timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=13608.0 The Department of National Defense initiated the P3 billion Combat Utility Helicopter acquisition project in July 24, 2008. This acquisition was for the Philippine Air Force, but because of its amount, it fell under the responsibility of the DND Bids and Awards Committee (BAC). The project sought eight (8) utility helicopters that […]
Flashback: The AFP’s modernization plans in 1995
Saturday , 15, October 2011 AFP modernization Leave a commentTweet The importance of territorial defense capability was thrust into public consciousness in February 1995 when the AFP published photographs of Chinese structures on Mischief Reef in the Kalayaan Island Group. Philippine territory had been annexed. Congressional response was swift. Within the same month Congress passed Republic Act 7917 which amended the Bases Conversion Development […]
6th death anniversary of PAF fighter capability
Friday , 16, September 2011 AFP modernization, F-5, Philippine Air Force Leave a commentTweetOn the 28th of September, 2005, went into history as the day the Philippine Air Force completely lost all vestiges of fighter capability. Although S211 trainers were later pressed into combat roles as part of Project Falcon, and painted air superiority grey, the retirement of the long suffering F-5A/B “Freedom Fighters” was the end of […]
TweetTimawa.net/forum discussion: http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=25937.msg270556#msg270556 The photographs below chronicle the transformation of the USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) into the BRP Gregorio del Pilar. The sun-and-stars was fully raised on 1418H May 13, 2011. This is the second ship to bear this name. The previous bearer of the name, PF-8, was also a former US Coast Guard ship, the USCGC McCulloch (WHEC-386), a […]
155mm howitzer acquisition projects
Thursday , 12, May 2011 AFP modernization, Philippine Army Leave a commentTweetTimawa.net/forum discussion: http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=25969.0 The first whiff of an effort to acquire a new batch of 155mm howitzers came out in Timawa discussions in October of 2008. Reportedly the project at that time was incorporated into acquisition plans at the expense of a number of other projects to include armored vehicles. Official acknowledgement of the project in […]
Schedule for Hamilton turnover to the PN announced
Wednesday , 11, May 2011 AFP modernization, Philippine Navy, WHEC Leave a commentTweetTimawa.net/forum discussion: http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=27070.msg266772#msg266772 According to the 11th Coast Guard District Public Affairs department, the ex-USCGC Hamilton will be turned over to the Philippine Navy in a ceremony at Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA, at 2:00 p.m. on Friday the 13th of May. The affair is closed to the public is only open to member of the […]
TweetTimawa.net\forum discussion: http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=26818.0 Admittedly, this is the acquisition that got this blog rolling. A conscientious, but still-unidentified, poster updated the Philippine Army Wikipedia entry to include mention of this acquisition, but was then dismissed as having posted unreliable information because the data came from an online forum. This post is meant to set the record […]