Monday, July 4, 2016

PAF to celebrate 69th anniversary with opener pass Tuesday

From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 4): PAF to celebrate 69th anniversary with opener pass Tuesday

Eleven Cessna T-41 "Mescalero" primary trainer planes and nine SIAI Marchetti SF-260 basic trainer aircraft, in a figure "69" formation, will be making an opener pass over the skies of Clark Air Base, Pampanga as the Philippine Air Force (PAF) celebrates its 69th founding anniversary Tuesday.

This year's theme is : “Breaking Barriers, Realizing Aspirations Towards a Jointly Engaged Transforming Force for Greater Peace and Security”.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and newly-appointed Armed Forces chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Richard Visaya will grace the activity which is expected to start 2:00 p.m., PAF spokesperson Col. Araus Robert Musico said.

The Chief Executive is the event's guest-of-honor and speaker. A parade and review will be held to give President Duterte a glimpse of the state of morale and fitness of PAF airmen and airwomen.

It will also recognize individual and unit achievements for the past year.

Towards the end is a capability parade that will showcase ground mobility assets which includes PAF communication vans, combat vehicles of 710SPOW, Scuba and Reverine teams, PAF ground base defense weapons, Explosive and Ordnance disposal personnel and equipment, K9 teams, 505 Search and Rescue Group capabilities, and first responder vehicles.

The pass and review will extent to the flyby of various air assets of different units including 15 T-41s, 10 SF-260s, AgustaWestland-109 helicopters from 15th Strike Wing, UH-1D and Bell 412 Combat Utility helicopter from 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing, C-130T aircraft and CASA C-295 from 220th Airlift Wing.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=901082

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