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Philippines acquires 2 FA-50 fighters from South Korea

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  1. DavyL200

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    MANILA, Philippines – The fighter jets have landed.

    Two of a squadron of FA-50 Lead-In Fighter Trainers (LIFT) that the Philippines acquired from South Korea arrived Saturday morning, November 28, at the former US air base in Clark, Pampanga.

    The Philippine Air Force (PAF) flew S-211 trainer jets in a diamond formation to meet the FA-50s over Tarlac. A Water Cannon Salute – a ceremony where firefighting vehicles spray water on newly arrived aircrafts – was given to the jets while they were taxiing. Guests and the media witnessed the show.

    The arrival of the fighter jets marks the return of the Philippine Air Force to the supersonic age.

    The jets were flown to the Philippines by South Korean pilots and will only be formally turned over to the Philippine Air Force after a series of acceptance flights. Another ceremony is expected. PH air force returns to supersonic age: Fighter jets arrive in Clark
     
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    Welcome (back?) to......mid-20th century technology Philippine Airforce. Would this be considered going "back to the future"?

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    They must have traded half of (Imelda Marcos''s) shoe collection for those!
     
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    Either that or a promissory note on the jewels :sneaky:

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    Seeing as the pi has had no jets since 2005 it does make you think who will fly them! Are the Koreans who flew them here going to give a couple of crash courses how to fly them.
     
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    OoH! Oooh! don't like the sound of that But...........

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    Crash course seems more likely.
     
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    Actually the Americans come to Clark Air Base couple of times a year and bring F-18's, C-147's and V-22 Osprey and train Filipino Air Force Officers to Fly them. They also have joint military exercises at same time for Army and the Marines and Navy visits Subic for same with Filipino Navy/coast guard and Marines. They do humanitarian work like build schools also and practice amphibious landings etc....
     
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    Well they did buy the right kind of jets then. These things are basically training jets that have been modified to carry a bit of payload. I believe the article said the the Philippines flew some of their training jets out to meet the plans coming from Korea. So maybe they have been flying around in those for awhile.

    Pretty amazing that Philippine airspace has been "protected" by a trainer jet that a financially responsible middle-class European or American could personally own.
    11 FLYABLE Siai-Marchetti S.211 jets for sale starting at $175,000.00/each!

    And since their actual service plans were trainers what did use to train the pilots to fly the trainers?
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    :hilarious: Love the pic! Yes, I believe one of the last or possibly the last Jet they had was Vietnam era and a pilot crashed it into a school in or near Dau, Pampanga(they were off for summer break) when he had a catastrophic failure and was heralded as a hero for being able to ditch the plane without injuring any civilians on the ground. I think it was around 2005. I could google it for a link but am too lazy as it's late.
     
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