MANILA -- The Philippine Air Force (PAF) will be accepting four
North American Rockwell OV-10 "Bronco" light-attack planes from the
United States either by this year or in 2019, Defense Secretary Delfin
Lorenzana said Monday.
The Philippine government will shoulder the cost of transportation and
shipment of the planes to the country, the defense chief said quoting a
message from PAF head Lt. Gen. Galileo Gerard Kintanar.
These OV-10s will augment the existing six to eight units currently in
service with the PAF.
The above-mentioned aircraft served as the country's premier
ground-attack aircraft and was extensively used in the Marawi-conflict last
year along with the SIAI-Marchetti SF-260 and Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50s
in attacking terrorist targets and strongholds in the five-month campaign which
started May and ended on October of that year.
PAF is the sole remaining operator of the
OV-10 "Bronco" light-attack plane.
"Meron pa tayong (We still have) remaining OV 10s that we
used in Marawi. They will augment these existing ones to support ground
operations," Lorenzana said. (PNA/By Priam Nepomuceno)
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