Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Catapang says US to provide 2 C-130s to PHL

From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 23): Catapang says US to provide 2 C-130s to PHL

Newly-appointed Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang announced that the American government will provide an additional two Lockheed C-130 "Hercules" to the country.

He made this disclosure during Tuesday's visit to the 1st Air Division headquarters in Clark Field, Pampanga.

Catapang said that this was revealed to him by his US counterparts.

"I just talked to our US counterparts (and) they told us they are making available another two C-130s to address our humanitarian assistance distance relief (HADR) concerns," he added.

The Americans made this offer after learning of President Benigno Aquino III's efforts to procure additional cargo carrying aircraft for the military.

The newly-appointed AFP chief did not give additional details as the process is still undergoing.

The Philippine Air Force, at the moment, has three flyable C-130s at its inventory.

Sources said that the country needs a minimum of 10 C-130s to allow it to address its HADR and cargo missions efficiently.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=665300

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