Newly-appointed Philippine Air Force (PAF) commander Lt.
Gen. Edgar Fallorina vowed to make the country's air arm more
"fundamentally joint" to be more effective in its security missions.
The latter refers to closer coordination and liaison between
their Army and Navy counterparts.
"As the new commanding general of the PAF, I shall
therefore lead efforts for the Air Force to become fundamentally joint, broadly
engaged and effectively transforming, in short a jointly engaged transforming
force for greater peace and security," he stressed during his acceptance
speech at Fernando Air Base, Lipa
City
He replaced Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Delgado who retired after
reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.
With this, the new PAF chief said there is a need to enhance
jointness and de-emphasize their distinction as an Air Force with other major
services from the level of General Headquarters to the level of the Unified
Commands.
"Our Armed Forces are essentially interlocked in
pursuit of unified strategies guided by synchronized roadmaps, hardened with
joint capabilities tempered by uniform standards and sustained by reinforcing
command relationships," he pointed out.
Fallorina also stressed that the PAF must have the capacity
and the ability to reach out to a broader range of partners in different
regions at various levels and roles in order to address shared concerns and
common challenges, our broad engagements should necessarily lead to reinforced
alliances, new relationships involving complimentary capabilities and sustained
cooperation for mutual ends.
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