Authorities say the five brand-new Sikorsky uh-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters will not just aid the country’s fight against insurgency but also during calamities.

PH receives second shipment of Black Hawk helicopters

 Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said the United States has committed to help extract information from the flight data and cockpit voice recorders that could shed light on the air crash in Jolo, Sulu that has claimed 53 lives, mostly soldiers.

PH to send black boxes of ill-fated C-130 to US for analysis

At least 17 military men were killed and 40 injured as a military plane, C-130 Hercules, crashed in Jolo, Sulu on Sunday. But Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was quick to state it was not attacked but just crashed as it tried to land. The plane was carrying 92 people, most of them army personnel, when the accident happened, according to a report of the AFP.

Not terror act; 17 dead, 40 injured after C-130 crashes in Sulu

Various types of aircraft owned by the Philippine Air Force 

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The runway 22 of Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) was closed for more than two hours after a Cessna 208 (C208) plane which was returning got disabled on the runway, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said on Wednesday, October 4.


Disabled military aircraft renders MCIA runway temporarily closed

Authorities hope the contents of the black box will shed light on witnesses and passengers’ claims that the C-130 military plane which crashed in Patikul, Sulu overshot the runway after touching down. 

‘Black box’ of ill-fated C-130 plane found; 7 victims identified

The Philippine Air Force has grounded all its newly-acquired S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters after one of the choppers figured in a deadly crash in Capas, Tarlac on Wednesday night.

Deadly night flight; Blackhawk chopper crashes in Tarlac

Not terror act 17 dead, 40 injured after C-130 crashes in Sulu photo from Philippine Star

PH to send black boxes of ill-fated C-130 to US for analysis photo from Philippine Star

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