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The following is a list of active military aircraft of the Philippines.

Air Force

See also: Philippine Air Force

Current inventory

See also: List of aircraft of the Philippine Air Force
A KAI FA-50PH
A PZL W-3 Sokół of the 505th Search and Rescue Group
A S-70A-5 Presidential helicopter
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
KAI FA-50 Golden Eagle South Korea light fighter / LIFT FA-50PH 12[1]
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco United States Attack OV-10A/C 7[1] Upgraded to OV-10M with four-bladed propellers.[2]
Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano Brazil COIN / attack A-29B (+6)[1] 6 on order, set to be delivered by near-end 2020[1]
Transport
Gulfstream G280 United States VIP 1 on order[3]
Fokker F28 Netherlands VIP F28-3000 1[1]
Fokker F27 Netherlands Maritime Patrol F27-200 1[1]
CASA C-212 Spain Transport NC-212i-400 2[1]
CASA C-295 Spain Transport C-295M 4[1]
C-130 Hercules United States Transport C-130B
C-130H
C-130T 		1
1
2 (+2) [1] 		2 additional C-130 under US-EDCA.
GAF Nomad Australia Transport N-22B 3[1]
Turbo Commander United States ISTAR Commander 690B 2[1]
Cessna 208 Caravan United States ISTAR C-208B EX 2[1] Donated by US Department of State
Helicopters
Bell AH-1 United States Attack AH-1F 2
MD 500 Defender United States Armed Scout MD 520MG Defender 25[1]
AgustaWestland AW109 Italy Armed Scout AW-109E 8[1]
Bell 205 United States utility 205A 8[1] 2 of which are Huey II standard[4]
Bell 412 United States VIP/utility 412EP 7[1]
Bell UH-1 United States Utility UH-1H
UH-1D 		21
7[1] 		Only 7 UH-1D were delivered[5]
Sikorsky S-76 United States Air Ambulance S-76A+ 9[1]
Sikorsky UH-60 United States VIP S-70A-5 1[6][4]
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk United States utility S-70i 16 on order[7]
PZL W-3 Poland Combat Search and Rescue W-3A Sokół 6[1] operated by the 505th SAR Group.[8]
Trainer Aircraft
SIAI-Marchetti S.211 Italy Advanced trainer/ light attack AS-211 3[1]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Italy Basic Trainer/ light attack SF-260TP
SF-260MP[9] 		11
10[1]
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.[10]. 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[11][12]
UAV
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle United States Surveillance ScanEagle II 6 system (+8)[13][14]
Elbit Hermes 450 Israel Long-Endurance Surveillance Hermes 450 (+4 UAVs) 1 System[15]
Elbit Hermes 900 Israel Long-Endurance Surveillance Hermes 900 (+9 UAVs) 3 Systems[15]
Surface-to-air missile
SPYDER[16] Israel Medium Range Air Defense System SPYDER-MR (+3 batteries) Notice of Award released to the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Army Aviation Regiment

See also: Philippine Army
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Cessna 206 United States Utility aircraft Standard 1 [17]
Cessna 172 United States Utility aircraft Cessna 172M 2 (PA-071 & PA-072) [17]
Cessna 150 United States Utility aircraft Cessna 150 1 (PA-911) [18]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
DJI Phantom series China Miniature UAV Phantom 3 Professional
Phantom 4		 unknown Commercial drones bought off-the-shelf by Philippine Army units.[19]
Raptor and Knight Falcon Philippines Miniature UAV 3[20] The first drone is known as Raptor and the second drone is known as Knight Falcon while a third drone is still being made.[20][21] The Raptor is smaller and has less endurance than the Knight Falcon.

Naval Air Wing

See also: Philippine Navy
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
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
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander United Kingdom Maritime patrol / Light transport BN-2A 5[22] more stored awaiting re-activation. Assembled in the Philippines
Cessna 172 Sky hawk 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.[23]
MBB Bo 105 Germany Utility helicopter Bo 105C 3[22] more stored awaiting re-activation
Robinson R22 United States Training helicopter R22 Beta II[24] 2[24]

Coast Guard

See also: Philippine Coast Guard
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander United Kingdom Search and Rescue BN-2A 2 1 Unit Ex-PNP SAF
Helicopters
MBB Bo 105 Germany Search and Rescue BO-105C 1 1 of 2 grounded . 1 Unit Ex-PNP SAF[25]
Eurocopter EC145 Germany Search and Rescue H145 2[26] 1 Delivered. 1 Pending Delivery.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "World Air Forces 2020". Flightglobal Insight. 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. ^ "North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco Observation / Light Attack Aircraft (1966)". www.MilitaryFactory.com. Military Factory. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. ^ "What it cost the Philippine Air Force to get a Gulfstream G280". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Arms Transfers Database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Philippine Air Force tests refurbished UH-1D helicopters". cnnphilippines.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  6. ^ "250th Presidential Airlift Wing". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  7. ^ https://www.adas.ph/2019/06/06/philippines-orders-16-sikorsky-s-70i-black-hawk-utility-helicopters-2/
  8. ^ "All PAF W-3A 'Sokols' operational". Zambotimes. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  9. ^ "Aircraft". paf.mil.ph. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  10. ^ http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php
  11. ^ http://www.malaya.com.ph/mar05/metro3.htm
  12. ^ http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics1_aug15_2008
  13. ^ "US delivers ScanEagle UAS to Philippine Air Force". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  14. ^ "PH to acquire 8 more scaneagle". Businessmirror.ph. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  15. ^ a b "PH receives UAVs from Israel". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Philippines Confirms Spyder Mobile Air Defense System Procurement Plans". defense aerospace.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Defense system by the numbers". The GUIDON. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  18. ^ "Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light... - Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light Armor Division, Philippine Army - Facebook". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  19. ^ Luna, Thomas (2017-07-17). "DJI DRONES ARE GETTING SHOT DOWN IN THE BATTLE OF MARAWI". WeTalkUAV. WeTalkUAV. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  20. ^ a b Mangosing, Frances (19 December 2013). "PH Army displays drones to public". INQUIRER.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  21. ^ Romero, Alexis (21 December 2013). "Gov't used drones vs MNLF in Zambo siege". philSTAR.com. The Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  22. ^ a b "World Air Forces 2014" (PDF). Flightglobal Insight. 2014. p. 23. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  23. ^ "PH Navy christens 2 brand new choppers, 2 supply ships". Rappler. August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  24. ^ a b "Naval Air Group Historical Events". NAG.navy.mil.ph. Naval Air Group Philippine Navy. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  25. ^ Phl beefing up sea patrol assets
  26. ^ "Philippine Coast Guard becomes Philippines' first H145 operator for parapublic missions". Airbus. September 26, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.

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