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
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