Another Lockheed C-130T "Hercules" cargo aircraft
is expected to arrive Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.
It will join the other three C-130 cargo planes now at the
inventory of the Philippine Air Force (PAF).
This is the first of the C-130 acquired from the US
It is expected to be transferred to the PAF by April 13,
tentatively.
The second aircraft is expected to arrive by this September
or October, said PAF spokesperson Col. Araus Robert Musico.
The aircraft took off from Tucson ,
Arizona early this week and made stopovers in California , Hawaii , Wake
and Guam Islands
before heading for the Philippines
The aircraft is being flown by Filipino military personnel.
Arrival of these planes will boosts the PAF's heavy lift
capability.
"Remember if we need to move a big number of troops and
supplies (especially) heavy equipment for rapid deployment, it will be much
easier as we have additional (C-130) aircraft," Musico pointed out.
Originally, these two C-130Ts were configured for tanker missions
and were later converted for transport missions before being acquired by the Philippines
Aside from the C-130s, the PAF has three Airbus Military
C-295 medium and three Fokker F-27 transports for its logistics and lift
missions.
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