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A Philippine Air Force MD520MG attack helicopter fires rockets at militant positions in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on May 30, 2017. One pilot was killed and three crew members were injured as the MD520MG attack helicopter of Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed into the waters off Getafe town in central Philippine Bohol province in the morning on April 27, 2021, the military said. - AFP MANILA, April 27 (Xinhua): One pilot was killed and three crew members were injured as a Philippine Air Force (PAF) helicopter crashed into the waters off Getafe town in central Ph...

2021-04-27 07:35:56 GMT2021-04-27 15:35:56(Beijing Time) Xinhua English MANILA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- One pilot was killed and three crew members were injured as a Philippine Air Force (PAF) helicopter crashed into the waters off Getafe town in central Philippine Bohol province on Tuesday morning, the military said. Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano said the MD520MG attack helicopter was on a maintenance flight when it went down at around 9:30 a.m. local time. Mariano said the aircraft from the PAF 15th Strike Wing took off from an air force base on nearby Mactan Island in Cebu province. An inve...

Published April 27, 2021, 3:00 PM A Philippine Air Force (PAF) attack helicopter crashed during a maintenance flight in Getafe, Bohol Tuesday morning, April 27, killing the pilot and injuring three others. Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano, PAF spokesperson, said a McDonnel Douglas 520-MG “Defender” combat chopper from the 15th Strike Wing went down on the shorelines of Gestafe town around 9:30 a.m. “We can confirm that we have a downed aircraft in the vicinity of Bohol,” Mariano said. Mariano said the pilot did not survive the crash after he chose to stay inside the chopper as it crashed whil...

Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay (PHILIPPINE ARMY / MANILA BULLETIN) With the theme “[email protected]: Pinag-isang Lakas na Maaasahan ng mga Pilipino,” Gapay looked back at the different accomplishments of the military beginning from the eruption of Taal Volcano in January to the COVID-19 pandemic and the successive typhoons that hit the country in October and November. “This year 2020, a year that we all hoped and envisioned to bring greater opportunities but twists of fate could not have been more drastic in the span of this single year. From the eruption of the Taal Volcano, to the spread of...