Philippine Airforce - One of the weakest in the world

[flanker]

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@butitoy lets be realistic here . We can only purchase according to our budget and program.

Mura mag si King Faisal of Saudi nag shopping ug US weapons.

[butitoy]

mas barato na since padung na phase out ang AC130 | A10 ug AV8B

some of it are actually mothballed

and some are in operation AGAIN because of iraq | afghanistan

[butitoy]

Mahal tawn kaayo na F-16 program

not to mention asa na ibutang nga airports

whereas We currently operate C130 | OV10 thats with commonality with AC130 | A10 and AV8B

not to mention pwede ra ni almost anywhere sa pinas maka operate

[mckoy_slipstream]

Philippines may acquire six fighter jets within five years | Sun.Star

last year pa ni nga report, wa lang ko idea unsa tong jetfighter gihisgutan diha na priced at $23 million to $40 million, basin mao na ang f16.


Philippines seeks 12 F-16 fighter jets from US - Yahoo! News

here, its stated that U.S. is willing to help us acquire 12 f-16's.

[butitoy]

padung Corruption ang F16 program

mao btaw dugay na, wa pa mapush

unya ang paliton F-16 A | B versions

[digitalsuperman]

no need to buy F-16 then

instead government should buy AC-130 Gunship | AT10 Thunderbolts | Harriers Jumpjets for Counter insurgency operations

lots of Sikorsky SH60 | Apaches or AH1W SuperCobra

i don't think F16's will be used mainly for insurgency operations.

[flanker]

@Butitoy Remember 10.5 Billion Pesos or 247 million USD ra atong budget sa Air Force this 2012 which is one of the lowest funded.

[mckoy_slipstream]

President Aquino bares wish: Fighter jets from US just like Indonesia | Inquirer Global Nation

makig-meet man daw si PNOY kay Pres. Obama by april this year and will discuss acquisition of f-16's

[hulagway]

Murag wa ka katuhog, ang pangutana is practical ba if F-16's or Migs atu paliton. nya based sa atung badget, pila sad kabuok mapalit natu? if practical ba sad ang kadaghanun sa atung ma afford.

yes its practical.f16 is very capable aircraft thats is why it is still being used until today by many countries. dili ingana ka bangan ang atong official sa airforce mga mo palit lang deretso nga walay plano. kana imong mga pangutana ilan nanang gi consider.

of course in the case that war would happen we cant go head to head with china coz they have lot of fighter jet on standby.but at least we give them fight until uncle sam comes in.

[mckoy_slipstream]

basin if naa na ta f-16, pwede ta import ug phil-am or u.s. based filipino fighter pilots, if that is legal, kay basin part na sila sa u.s. air force