CAMP SERVILLANO AQUINO, Tarlac (DWDD) – The Northern Luzon Command employed the Beech craft King Air C90 aircraft, the newly commissioned fixed-wing aircraft of the Philippine Navy donated by the Japanese government, for the first time in the conduct of Maritime Air Patrol (MARAPAT) in the maritime domain within Northern Luzon.
Given the task, the C90 plane, with a tail number of 390, made its maiden flight at 9:45 AM of January 31, 2018, in the area of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal), Masinloc, Zambales. It has flown around the shoal for about eight hundred (800) feet above sea level sighting four (4) Filipino fishing boats, together with nine (9) Chinese vessels comprising of four (4) Chinese Coast Guard vessels, four (4) unknown Chinese vessels and a Chinese fishing vessel. Moreover, the Filipino pilots heard no challenge from the Chinese Cost Guard.
The deployment of C90 plane to monitor the area in the famous shoal, located in the West Philippine Sea, will be its first military mission given by NOLCOM. Its employment boosted the capability of the Navy to conduct limited airlift, reconnaissance and surveillance within the Area of Responsibility of NOLCOM. It will also complement the efforts of the Philippine Air Force to monitor and watch over the three (3) maritime areas in Northern and Central Luzon.
NOLCOM will utilize all available assets and resources to protect our national territory, including its northern maritime areas, and assert our sovereign rights over our maritime domain. NOLCOM will continue to do its mandate that will be non-provocative strictly adhering to the International Law and in line with the directives and policies of the national government. NOLCOM / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2018/02/02/maiden-flight-pn-c90-aircraft-used-in-nolcom-area/
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