Philippine Air Force

|| attack aircraft and trainer aircraft || || 7 || The PAF (Philippine Air Force) has purchased another 18 SF-260 planes from Italy [http://www.deagel.com/news/Philippine-Air-Force-Acquires-18-SF-260F-Trainers-from-Alenia-Aermacchi_n000004186.aspx] in addition to the 7 SF-260 planes which the PAF already operate the total ammount of SF-260 planes in the PAF inventory would be 25.
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North American OV-10A/C/A SLEP Bronco || ] |
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Sikorsky S-70A Blackhawk || || multirole helicopter || || 3 || 1 AUH-76 Serial Number 202;1 S-76 VIP Serial Number 732;

1 S-76 SAR Serial Number 745.

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Lockheed Martin C-130B/H Hercules || || infantry lift || || 2 || Serial Number 10610 & 10569
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GAF Nomad || || training aircraft || || 14 |
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Bell UH-1H Iroquois || || transport helicopter || || 4 ||presidential aircraft. PAF leased this helicopters to ITC corp [http://timawa.net/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=ed7ce3930d5c261bfef0b10b3524fade&topic=11829.msg106069#msg106069

The Philippine Air Force retired its fleet of Northrop F-5A/B Freedom Fighter with a ceremony on October 1, 2005. The F-5s were used by the PAF's "Blue Diamonds" aerobatics team, [ [http://www.paf.mil.ph/HQ/PIO/pio/news%20archive/october2005.htm PAF Archives: F-5 “FREEDOM FIGHTERS” DECOMMISSIONED] - Published October 2005, Checked 24 May 2007] and have appeared in several films and television programs shot in the Philippines.

At one point, the PAF also operated 25 F-8H Crusaders -- the most advanced fighter aircraft to see service in the PAF to date. || fighter || || 25 || Placed in open storage 1988-01-23 at Basa Air Base. They suffered irreparable damage from Mt. Pinatubo's eruption on 1991-06-15.]
18 || Replaced by the Northrop F-5A
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North American P-51 Mustang || || trainer aircraft || || 70 || Replaced by the SF-260 and the OV-10
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P-26 Peashooter || units assigned here shall be moved to Basa Air Base, with the 300sqm area being occupied by the Air Force being turned into a commercial/industrial zone

* Basa Air Base, Pampanga
* Villamor Air Base, Pasay City
* Danilo Atienza Air Base, Cavite City
* Basilio Fernando Air Base, Batangas
* Antonio Bautista Air Base, Palawan
* Benito Ebuen Air Base, Cebu
* Edwin Andrews Air Base, Zamboanga
* Rajah Buayan Air Base, General Santos City, South Cotabato

References

ee also

* Air Force
* Philippine Navy
* Philippine Marine Corps
* Philippine Army
* Armed Forces of the Philippines
* Military History of the Philippines
* 1st Ready Reserve Air Wing PAF
* Basa Air Base

External links

* [http://www.paf.mil.ph Official Web Site]
* [http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7279/page4.html Unofficial PAF web site]
* [http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_174.shtml History of the PAF]
* [http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/specs/vought/f-8h.htm Photos of PAF F-8 Crusaders]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ga/batwentyone/ Unofficial PAF Homepage]
* [http://www.scramble.nl/ph.htm PAF page] at Scramble
* [http://www.ov-10bronco.net/philippines.cfm Philippine OV-10s]
* [http://www.timawa.net/forums Philippine Defense Forum]
* [http://z3.inv_sionfree.com/Defense_Philippines/index.php Philippines Defense Forces Forum] - independent discussion boards for Philippine military and defense issues.