Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Conversion of Fokker F-28 jet into air ambulance doable - PHL Air Force

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 10): Conversion of Fokker F-28 jet into air ambulance doable - PHL Air Force

Reconfiguring the "Kalayaan" or the Fokker F-28 "Fellowship" jet liner assigned to the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing is doable but would take time.

"Yes, it is feasible. (But it would take some time) as the aircraft will be converted to perform a different mission. There will be definitely some reconfigurations to be made," Philippine Air Force (PAF) spokesperson Col. Araus Robert Musico told PNA Tuesday.

Musico said the PAF will create a technical working group that would study the matter and determine the reconfiguration requirements.

President Rodrigo R. Duterte, during his visit to the 8th Infantry Division headquarters in Catbalogan, Samar Monday, said he wants the F-28 converted into an air ambulance to transport sick and wounded troopers to hospitals.

The F-28 is used for domestic flights of the incumbent president and is named "Kalayaan".

It is a short-range jet airliner designed and built by the defunct Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.

The 250th Presidential Air Wing is in charge of flying the President and his family, aside from providing transportation to visiting heads of state and other government officials.

It is also equipped with a Fokker F-27 "Friendship" transport, four Bell 412 helicopters, three Sikorsky S-76 helicopters and one S-70 "Blackhawk".

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=912475

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