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Ideal Aircraft station in Pag-asa island
Topic Started: Jul 26 2005, 07:00 PM (6,319 Views)
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Knightshade,

Yeah, well we can all DREAM, 'eh? LOL

Looking back on what I posted as far as the numbers and different types of aircraft, I believe the most Paga Asa could operate would be around a half dozen total given the base needs extra room for fuel storage tanks, hangers for doing repair work, staging area's, helicopter landing pads, etc. Not to mention ALL that defensive hardware I suggested! :)

I'd say three Beech King Air 350 MPA's and three Bell 212 SAR helicopters would be the ideal. Combined with a half dozen single barrel 40mm Bofors AA guns and two towed mini-batteries of M-101A1 105mm Howitzers totalling eight would be about it.

Reinforcement aircraft could be dispatched via a relatively short flight time from the 570th Composite Tactical Wing based at Palawan. Perhaps by the year 2020 the Phil A.F. would be able to forward base a half dozen F-16A Block 15 ADF's, a few STOL tactical transport aircraft, and a dozen or less medium lift commando support & SAR helicopters the latter being the same type. New Mi-17's or surplus UH-60A's.

But realistically, a couple of UH-1's is probably Thee most we can hope for in future.

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