Air Force to buy fighter jets by 2011

[Isuzoom]

Agree ako dito sa Sokol...multi purpose long range attack helicopter ang kailangan natin...ang nakakatakot if gawing personal service ng mga ugok na generals and politikos.

[TholitzReloaded]

sana nga m amaintain to hirap na hirap tayong mga taxpayers para sa ganitong equipment sana di mapabayaan..gaya ng s211.

[Benji_DCP]

Let's accept the fact that this country does not have the funds or money to buy new jet fighters by 2011. More so, maintaining a fleet of modern aircraft if the country still manages to purchase just a squadron. A country's armed forces are a source of national pride... unfortunately for us, we could not take pride at all for the afp...

Lets look at our neighbor:
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...ss-Subs-05396/

"nakakainggit lang"

[safeorigin]

masaya na ako kahit magka MiG-21bison man lang

[Monseratto]

That chopper looks so 1960yish... I wonder how much was "promised" someone to land the contract. Only other country that uses the Sokol other than Poland is Myanmar.

[marg]

P4,200,000,000,000.00 ang Utang ng Pilipinas, at nadadagdagan everyday ng P1,000,000,000.

Saan ka kukuha ng pera bumili ng Fighter Jet?

[Benji_DCP]

This thread is out-of-place at the Thumbs-Up Headquarter Topics... There is nothing to rave about or be proud of. about the air force buying fighther jets by 2011. Lets be realistic, this is just an illusion or dream.

[krazeyrock]

Fleet of F5s? From what i recall we only have 2 functioning F5 to retire, the other F5s acquired from the marcos regime is already retired long ago due to the lack of funds for maintenance. Naalala ko pa yung mga kuwentuhan noon na kinatatakutan tayo dahil tayo ang kauna-unahang south east asian country na may F5. Pero ngayon, we cannot even steady our claim in Sabah because malaysia has F18s. That jet can even enter our airspace and shoot down the 2 F5 we have even at long range, and oh... are our F5 even equipped with AMRAMS or even just a sidewinder missile? As what in discovery channel says, for every flying hour there is an equivalent of 4 or 5 hours of maintenance. I hope that the staff of the airforce consider this, aside from training the very few pilots they should also train a lot of mechanics.

Mas maganda nga kung ships nalang ang iinvest ng philippines for it will generate jobs in our country, the infrastructure is also in here. We are already building ships for exports in cebu as well as the korean facility in subic. Why not reonfigure that to produce frigates, missile cruisers and destroyers? And also boost our coast guard with gun boats.

[krazeyrock]

Fleet of F5s? From what i recall we only have 2 functioning F5 to retire, the other F5s acquired from the marcos regime is already retired long ago due to the lack of funds for maintenance. Naalala ko pa yung mga kuwentuhan noon na kinatatakutan tayo dahil tayo ang kauna-unahang south east asian country na may F5. Pero ngayon, we cannot even steady our claim in Sabah because malaysia has F18s. That jet can even enter our airspace and shoot down the 2 F5 we have even at long range, and oh... are our F5 even equipped with AMRAMS or even just a sidewinder missile? As what in discovery channel says, for every flying hour there is an equivalent of 4 or 5 hours of maintenance. I hope that the staff of the airforce consider this, aside from training the very few pilots they should also train a lot of mechanics.

Mas maganda nga kung ships nalang ang iinvest ng philippines for it will generate jobs in our country, the infrastructure is also in here. We are already building ships for exports in cebu as well as the korean facility in subic. Why not reonfigure that to produce frigates, missile cruisers and destroyers? And also boost our coast guard with gun boats.

[safeorigin]

we seriously need to order one of these :D

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XqwDEU0fus"]YouTube- роÑ?Ñ?иÑ? (100129-110006).avi[/ame]

[Monseratto]

we seriously need to order one of these :D

YouTube- роÑ?Ñ?иÑ? (100129-110006).avi

Looks like a ripoff of the YF-23 ATF competitor.

[edmond2009]

That plan is very very good! 2 thumbs up! im not that expert in fighter planes but, i think Philippines don't need to focus in just one specific type of plane, F35 is great but expensive, buying 3 pcs is great, and some F18 because they are multi role, and it fits to us Filipinos since we are multirole. About our pilot, there are no problem with that, Filipinos are great, they can adjust in any situation in an instant. I think an simulator will make our pilots much better, we can ask the help of the americans about that since we also help them, and i think we can ask them some aircraft since we are allies. But success cant acquire only using fighter or bombers we also need reconnaisance planes. and better having drones, but thats impossible because drones are so expensive.

I think after Philippines get what is planned we now can protect our people.

But i hope someday Philippines buy Nuclear Powered Aircraft carriers... with some destroyers and gun boats, with that i think we can guard our country on land, air surface and in waters.

[safeorigin]

Looks like a ripoff of the YF-23 ATF competitor.

except the YF-23 doesn't have horizontal tails, TVC and movable LERX

so it's basically a more maneuverable version made by "dry"

[Benji_DCP]

That plan is very very good! 2 thumbs up! im not that expert in fighter planes but, i think Philippines don't need to focus in just one specific type of plane, F35 is great but expensive, buying 3 pcs is great, and some F18 because they are multi role, and it fits to us Filipinos since we are multirole. About our pilot, there are no problem with that, Filipinos are great, they can adjust in any situation in an instant. I think an simulator will make our pilots much better, we can ask the help of the americans about that since we also help them, and i think we can ask them some aircraft since we are allies. But success cant acquire only using fighter or bombers we also need reconnaisance planes. and better having drones, but thats impossible because drones are so expensive.

I think after Philippines get what is planned we now can protect our people.

But i hope someday Philippines buy Nuclear Powered Aircraft carriers... with some destroyers and gun boats, with that i think we can guard our country on land, air surface and in waters.

By the way we manage our country, this may not happen in our lifetime.

[Benji_DCP]

More good men lose in another paf plane crash... Soo tragic and ironic.

[jick.cejoco]

By the way we manage our country, this may not happen in our lifetime.

not to mention maintaining the birds, fueling the birds specially aerial refueling, securing the birds and training and constantly training and maintaining and daily keeping the birds out of the hands of possible terrorsists.

[edmond2009]

Many planescrash hapens to our pilots and that's sad. but i think that, its because of planes, maybe too old, or not maintained well. . .

good planes + well maintained + well trained filipino pilot = powerful airforce

im sure of that

[marg]

good planes + well maintained + well trained filipino pilot = powerful airforce

shitty planes + poorly maintained + so-so trained filipino pilot = P A F

[frenchtower]

What AIR FORCE? PAF have virtually no FORCE in the AIR? They are more of a ground force.

What the government can afford will most likely not even good enough defend our skies?

[barako ba ma]

What AIR FORCE? PAF have virtually no FORCE in the AIR? They are more of a ground force.

What the government can afford will most likely not even good enough defend our skies?

it's been a long time ago joke: Philippine Air Force = 99% air + 1 % force