List of active military aircraft of the Philippines
Appearance
The following is a list of active military aircraft of the Philippines.
Air Force
Current inventory
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Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Combat Aircraft | ||||||
KAI FA-50 | South Korea | light multirole | FA-50PH | 12[1] | ||
OV-10 Bronco | United States | attack / surveillance |
OV-10A/C | 7[2] | Upgraded to OV-10M standard with 4-bladed propellers | |
A-29 Super Tucano | Brazil | attack / close air support |
A-29B | 6[3] | ||
Transport | ||||||
GAF Nomad | Australia | transport | N-22B | 3[2] | ||
CASA C-212 | Indonesia | transport | NC-212i | 2[4] | ||
CASA C-295 | Spain | transport / VIP transport |
C-295M | 4[5] | One (1) unit configured for VVIP | |
C-130 Hercules | United States | transport | C-130B C-130H C-130T |
1 2 (+1)[6] 2 |
1 of 2 units C-130 aircraft acquired by PAF from US arrived on January 2021.[6] | |
Turbo Commander | United States | utility | 2[2] | |||
Cessna 208 | United States | intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance | C-208B | 2[7] | ||
Fokker F27 | Netherlands | transport / maritime patrol |
1[2] | |||
Fokker F28 | Netherlands | VIP transport | 1[2] | |||
Gulfstream G280 | United States | VIP transport | 1[8] | |||
Helicopters | ||||||
Bell UH-1 | United States | utility | UH-1H UH-1D |
13[9] 10[10] |
12 units of UH-1H airframes in storage, in need of spare parts to be operated.[9] 3 out of 13 UH-1D crashed in three separate incidents between 2015 to 2020.[10] | |
Bell 205 | United States | utility | 205A | 8[2] | 2 of which are Huey II standard | |
Bell 412 | United States | utility / VIP transport |
412HP[11] 412EP[11] |
2 11 |
The 250th Presidential Airlift Wing operates 2 units of 412HP and 6 units of 412EP variants.[11] | |
Sikorsky PZL Mielec S-70 | Poland | utility | S-70i[12] | 6 (+10) | 10 of 16 units S-70i helicopters to be delivered in 2021.[12] | |
Sikorsky UH-60 | United States | search and rescue | S-70A-5 | 1 | ||
Sikorsky S-76 | United States | search and rescue / air ambulance |
S-76A | 8[2] | ||
PZL W-3 Sokół | Poland | search and rescue | W-3A | 5[13] | 3 out of 8 Sokol helicopters crashed.[13] | |
MD 500 Defender | United States | armed scout | 520MG | 25[2] | ||
AgustaWestland AW109 | Italy | armed scout | AW109E Power | 8[14] | ||
Bell AH-1 Cobra | United States | attack | AH-1S | 2[15] | ||
Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
SIAI-Marchetti S.211 | Italy | Advanced trainer/ light attack | AS-211 | 3[2] | ||
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 | Italy | Basic Trainer/ light attack | SF-260TP SF-260MP[16] |
11 10[2] |
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Cessna T-41 Mescalero | United States | Primary Pilot Trainer | T-41B T-41D |
15 14 |
First entered service in 1968 with 20 aircraft delivered from the US, 5 more were acquired in 1998, and another 2 in 2004, this amounts to 27 units in total.[17] Over the years, only 14 of the 27 Aircraft remained in service. Later in 2009, an additional fifteen aircraft of the T-41B variant came from South Korea[18][19] | |
UAV | ||||||
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle | United States | Surveillance | ScanEagle II | 6 system (+8)[20][21] | ||
Elbit Hermes 450 | Israel | Long-Endurance Surveillance | Hermes 450 | (+4 UAVs) 1 System[22] | ||
Elbit Hermes 900 | Israel | Long-Endurance Surveillance | Hermes 900 | (+9 UAVs) 3 Systems[22] |
Army Aviation Regiment
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Fixed-Wing Aircraft | ||||||
Cessna 206 | United States | Utility aircraft | Standard | 1 | [23] | |
Cessna 172 | United States | Utility aircraft | Cessna 172M | 2 | (PA-071 & PA-072) [23] | |
Cessna 150 | United States | Utility aircraft | Cessna 150 | 1 | (PA-911) [24] | |
Rotary-Wing Aircraft | ||||||
Robinson R44 | United States | Trainer aircraft | R44 Raven II | 2 | In service, serves as a trainer aircraft for the future acquisition of helicopters in the Army. [25] | |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | ||||||
Elbit Hermes 450 | Israel | Medium altitude long endurance unmanned aerial system | Hermes 450 | 4 (+1 system) | Classified as Tier III UAV under US/Philippine Army designation. Each system has 4 UAVs and ground control system.[26] | |
Elbit Skylark 3 | Israel | Small long endurance UAV | Skylark 3 | - (+ several systems) | Classified as Tier II UAV under US/Philippine Army designation. Division-level UAS. Each system has 4 UAVs and ground control system.[27] | |
Elbit Skylark I | Israel | Miniature UAV | Skylark I-LEX | - (+ several systems) | Classified as Tier I UAV under US/Philippine Army designation. Brigade-level UAS. Each system has 4 UAVs and ground control system.[28] | |
Elbit Thor | Israel | Rotorcraft miniature UAV | ||||
DJI Phantom series | China | Miniature UAV | Phantom 3 Professional Phantom 4 |
unknown | Commercial drones bought off-the-shelf by Philippine Army units.[29] | |
Raptor and Knight Falcon | Philippines | Miniature UAV | 3[30] | The first drone is known as Raptor and the second drone is known as Knight Falcon while a third drone is still being made.[30][31] The Raptor is smaller and has less endurance than the Knight Falcon. |
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Fixed-wing Aircraft | ||||||
Beechcraft King Air | United States | Maritime patrol | C-90B | 5 | Former JMSDF trainers transferred to the Naval Air Group as Maritime patrol aircraft with 4 Units with ISR capability and 1 Unit as Cargo. | |
Beechcraft C-12 Huron | United States | Maritime patrol | TC-12B | - (+8) | 8 units planned for acquisition, 13 total units offered by the US through Excess Defense Article (EDA) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programs. [32] | |
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander | United Kingdom | Maritime patrol / Light transport | BN-2A | 5[33] | more stored awaiting re-activation. Assembled in the Philippines | |
Cessna 172 Skyhawk | United States | Maritime patrol / Light transport | Cessna 172M | 3 | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
Leonardo AW159 Wildcat | United Kingdom | Anti-Submarine Warfare | AW159 | 2 | Delivered On May 7, 2019 | |
AgustaWestland AW109 | Italy | Multi-purpose naval helicopter | AW109E Power | 5 | 3 out of 5 choppers are armed with FN Herstal Rocket Machine Gun Pods (FN RMPs) on both sides.[34] | |
MBB Bo 105 | Germany | Utility helicopter | Bo 105C | 3[33] | more stored awaiting re-activation | |
Robinson R22 | United States | Training helicopter | R22 Beta II[35] | 2[35] | ||
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | ||||||
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle | United States | Surveillance | ScanEagle II | 8 | The Philippine Navy has received eight drones worth P710 million from the United States[36] |
Coast Guard Aviation Force
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Fixed-wing Aircraft | ||||||
BN-2 Islander | United Kingdom | search and rescue | BN-2A | 2 | Tail number: PCG–684 and PCG-251. | |
Helicopters | ||||||
MBB Bo 105 | Germany | search and rescue | Bo 105C | 1 | 1 of 2 grounded.[37] | |
Airbus H145 | Germany | search and rescue | H145 | 2[38][39] | 5 more units planned to be acquired to complete the Maritime Disaster Response Helicopter Acquisition Project of the PH Coast Guard which requires 7 multirole helicopters.[38] |
See also
References
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