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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of SND Delfin Lorenzana Facebook page)
“Their large capacity and impressive horsepower allows for a faster and long-range transport. Looking forward to the delivery of the remaining 10 Blackhwaks this year,” Lorenzana said in a social media post on Sunday, May 23.
He noted that the acquisition of the Blackhawk helicopters have greatly boosted the operational readiness of the PAF both in combat and non-combat missions.
In November 2020, the PAF received the first batch of six Blackhawks from Polish company Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp.z.o.o which were manufactured under license from Sikorsky USA.
Blackhawk S-70is combat utility helicopter (Photo courtesy of SND Delfin Lorenzana Facebook page)
New Blackhawk choppers boost PAF s operational readiness –DND
Published May 23, 2021 12:44am Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Saturday that the recent acquisition of S-70is Blackhawk utility medium-lift helicopters had greatly boosted the operational readiness of the Philippine Air Force in both combat and non-combat missions. Their larger capacity and impressive horsepower allows for a faster and long-range transport, Lorenzana said in a Facebook post. Looking forward to the delivery of the remaining 10 Blackhawks this year. According to the Philippine News Agency, the PAF commissioned the first six of 16 Polish-made Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopters it ordered in 2019 as part of its program to modernize its fleet of helicopters.
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President Duterte wants to decommission all Huey helicopters in the Philippine Air Force (PAF) inventory because of their frequent involvement in fatal crashes, the latest of which was in Bukidnon last Jan. 16.