AFP Modernization in Full Swing

[elvandesantos]

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kaning lumbia mao nia bag-o lang na open?

mao ni ang karaan bro, this would be ideal for the airforce kay naa sah ibabaw and I think it's well isolated to the general public. Naa mn sya sah ibabaw gud ug I think mubo iya runway, just like what happened to Iligans airport nga naa sah ibabaw ila nlng gi shut down years ago. Hopefully kaning Lumbia redevelopment plan goes thru.

[noy.juan]

mao ni ang karaan bro, this would be ideal for the airforce kay naa sah ibabaw and I think it's well isolated to the general public. Naa mn sya sah ibabaw gud ug I think mubo iya runway, just like what happened to Iligans airport nga naa sah ibabaw ila nlng gi shut down years ago. Hopefully kaning Lumbia redevelopment plan goes thru.

short runway are perfect for COIN aircraft, unless if they have plan to station C130 their which is unlikely since it is intentionally stationed here in cebu so it can be deployed easilly

[balipseyev]

short runway are perfect for COIN aircraft, unless if they have plan to station C130 their which is unlikely since it is intentionally stationed here in cebu so it can be deployed easilly

Sayon ra man na landingan sa C-130, kaya gali mo landing/take-off sa C-130 sa Pag-Asa airstrip sa Spratlys...

[noy.juan]

Sayon ra man na landingan sa C-130, kaya gali mo landing/take-off sa C-130 sa Pag-Asa airstrip sa Spratlys...

kaya bitaw, ang problem lang is that its very impractical to station them there... thats why cebu is the most prefered location for stationing this type of aircraft....

as what is said on the article "Gov't sets aside ₱1 billion for redevelopment of Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro City into an air force base" does this mean the redevelopment will be taken from modernization budget if it is, wouldnt be a practical aproach if this will be developed for both civil and military use... i think there is more to the article that is not written...

[elvandesantos]

short runway are perfect for COIN aircraft, unless if they have plan to station C130 their which is unlikely since it is intentionally stationed here in cebu so it can be deployed easilly

most likely for light aircrafts nila ug drop off points lang for bigger assets. Never a place to stay, drop and go style. So taas ghapon ang possibility nga airforce personnel base ni

[crisxahia]

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nice informative news. So mao diay ang Italian Maestrale wala na nila gi dayon.

Better buy a brand new than mag antos anang daan.

it is bec of the evaluatioin that it will not be cost effective to maintain a seocnd hand platform

yer sir and this experience is taken when we acquired BRP RA.. it was acquired last May 22, 2012.. so lapas nag one year
why would you think it took that long, PN usually says "more trainings since new systems are in place" but in reality it was not..
it was a problem with the engine and took awhile to be replaced..

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Coast Guard to acquire 10 patrol ships from Japan

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Coast Guard expects to wrap up talks with the Japan International Cooperation Agency within the next few months for the acquisition of 10 brand-new patrol boats from Japan in late 2014 or early 2015.
This was disclosed to the Inquirer on Thursday by Cmdr. Armand Balilo, PCG spokesperson, who said “the talks are ongoing.”
Quoting Rear Adm. Rodolfo Isorena, the Coast Guard commandant, Balilo said, “Hopefully, the talks will be completed by the last quarter of the year so that actual construction of the vessels could be started.”
“The two sides have agreed that all 10 patrol boats will be 40 meters (131 feet) long. But they are still talking about other specifications,” added Balilo, chief of the Coast Guard’s public affairs office.
The JICA, he said, proposed that five of the vessels be built in the Philippines and the five others in Japan, but the Coast Guard “prefers that all 10 patrol boats be built in Japan.”
Established in 1974, the JICA is the primary Japanese government agency engaged in technical cooperation and other forms of aid promoting socio-economic development in developing countries.
Shinsuke Shimizu, head of the Japanese Embassy’s chancery, said in an earlier interview that unlike the decades-old, stripped-down ships the Philippines has been getting from the United States, the patrol boats the PCG will get from Japan will be brand new.
He said Japan would continue to help the PCG deal with the country’s maritime safety and law enforcement problems.
Shimizu pointed out that since 1990, the Japanese government has been assisting the Coast Guard in its capacity-building program.
In the late 1990s, Japan gave the PCG a search-and-rescue vessel that the agency named BRP Corregidor. The ship was one of two Philippine vessels that faced off with Chinese ships at Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) between April and June last year.
In February, the Nikkei Shimbun, a Japanese business daily, reported the patrol boats that Japan plans to donate to the Philippines cost $11 million (about P473 million) each. The move, the paper said, was linked to regional efforts to monitor China’s maritime activities.
Japan and the Philippines are embroiled in separate territorial disputes with Beijing, whose dispute with Manila involves overlapping claims to parts of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), which is believed to be sitting on huge amounts of oil and natural gas.
Beijing claims almost all of the West Philippine Sea, including part of what the Philippines claims is within its exclusive economic zone.
Like the Department of Foreign Affairs, the PCG maintains that the government’s acquisition of more patrol boats from Japan was not directed against any particular country.
The move is simply aimed at upgrading the Coast Guard’s equipment so it can effectively carry out its mandate of monitoring the country’s territorial waters and preventing intrusions, according to Balilo.


http://globalnation.inquirer.net/79707/coast-guard-to-acquire-10-patrol-ships-from-japan#ixzz2Y3fbboRE

[digitalsuperman]

yer sir and this experience is taken when we acquired BRP RA.. it was acquired last May 22, 2012.. so lapas nag one year
why would you think it took that long, PN usually says "more trainings since new systems are in place" but in reality it was not..
it was a problem with the engine and took awhile to be replaced..

nice diay kay ila gi replace ang engine, ang hull nalang diay ang karaan.hehe.. brand new ang engine nga gibutang?

[noy.juan]

BRP Ramon Alcaraz (USCG Dallas), had experienced accident last Aug 10 1977, according to the report it was classified as Flooding and was asses as Moderate...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Accidents

[balipseyev]

Alcaraz family visit to BRP-16 at San Diego, CA


Monet Ramona Alcaraz Marshal, daughter of late Commodore Alcaraz thanks crew and visitors for welcoming her family aboard BRP-16 named after her father.

More photos here...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...5694597&type=3

[NapoleonBlownapart]

The JICA, he said, proposed that five of the vessels be built in the Philippines and the five others in Japan, but the Coast Guard “prefers that all 10 patrol boats be built in Japan.”

Sayang lage ni na proposal. Para pud unta naa tay experience paghimo ug dako2 nga patrol boat.