In line with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's call for
genuine change, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) has expressed its commitment to
be the nation's "Jointly Engaged Transforming" (JET) force.
"This new spirit and direction ahead is clear. We have
staked our claim as the 'JET' force for greater peace and security. We now make
a new commitment to be truly the Jointly Engaged and Transforming force in
everything we do, in all missions and operations," PAF commander Lt. Gen.
Edgar Fallorina said in his message during PAF's 69th anniversary celebration
at Clark Air Base, Angeles
City
"Your Air Force is fully committed to transform
positively, starting from within us, in order to make these changes permanent
and significant. Indeed, we have come a long way. We have achieved much with
little that we have," he added.
Incidentally, the PAF for the first time in 11 years, has
now return to the supersonic age with the acquisition of the South Korean-made
FA-50PHs, of which two are now in service, with another 10 scheduled to be
deliver by 2016 to 2017.
Other air assets newly acquired by the PAF include three
medium-lift Airbus Military C-295s, eight attack versions of the AgustaWestland
AW-109 helicopters, eight Bell
"But we consistently turned the odds in our favor.
Today, we are winners and champions in every sense of the word. But what we
presently have can still be made better. For at the end of our performance, the
question will not be how much do we have, but how much we have given,"
Fallorina stressed,
"Not how many victories we have won, but how much we
have done. Not how much we have secured, but how much we have sacrificed. Not
how greatly we were honored, but how unselfishly we have served. After all the
ideal of success is not enough if it does not carry the ideal of service. Let
us carry on the ideal of service…for it is the ideal of the Jointly Engaged
Transforming force," he added.
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