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PAF to give OV-10 to Australia!; ...as a museum piece.
Topic Started: May 18 2006, 06:14 PM (1,779 Views)
cappelan
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http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/m...060518met5.html

Thursday, May 18, 2006

RP to donate an aircraft to Australia

THE Philippine Air Force, considered to be the weakest in the region, is set to donate one of its planes to Australia.

But before you raise your eyebrows, the aircraft is an aging US-made OV-10 Bronco (67-4639), a light attack aircraft, similar to the ones used by the Americans in the Vietnam War.

The aircraft will be donated to the Australian War Memorial in Sydney, Australia.
The AFP civil relation service chief, Brig. General Jaime Buenaflor, said in a statement that the plane would be displayed as a war memorabilia at the memorial in Sydney.

Buenaflor said an Australian Navy ship, the HMAS Tobruk, is arriving in Manila Thursday to fetch the aircraft from its hangar at the 15th Strike Wing base at Sangley Point, Cavite.

He said that the OV-10 Bronco was formerly owned by the Royal Australian Air Force. It was returned to the US for refurbishing before it was turned over to the Philippines.

The aircraft has a sentimental twist. The current RAAF commander, Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd, reportedly piloted this very aircraft while it was still with the Australian Air Force.

Shepherd has been searching for the plane since it was turned over to the United States. During a visit to Sangley Point two years ago, he recognized the aircraft’s serial number.

Arrangements were made between AFP and Australians military officials for the return of the OV-10 to Australia.

The four-decade-old plane was used in the campaign against communist guerrillas and Islamic militants and also for patrolling the country’s vast shoreline.
An Air force official explained that the donation will have no effect on the AFP’s counterinsurgency operation.

“The one being donated to the Australian War Museum is unserviceable and was scheduled to be dropped from the [Air Force] inventory,” said Maj. Augusto de la Pena, PAF deputy spokesman.

The PAF has 24 OV-10 on its inventory.
--Anthony Vargas
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Will be a small token of what might be in store for us. Abangan...

Hmmm... how about our other decommissioned A/Cs. Might be flown by former pilots who are now congressmen, tycoons or what ever or "want some warbirds for collection?"
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http://www.philippines.embassy.gov.au/mnla/medrel0103.html


PORT VISIT BY HMA SHIP TOBRUK


The Royal Australian Navy’s heavy lift amphibious ship, HMAS Tobruk, will conduct a scheduled port visit to Manila for several days. While it is here, HMAS Tobruk will collect an OV-10 Bronco light ground attack aircraft that is no longer in the service of the Philippine Air Force. The OV-10 Bronco was generously prepared for display and gifted by the Philippines government to the award-winning Australian War Memorial in Canberra as a token of the close and enduring defence ties between our two nations.

This particular American OV-10 Bronco was flown on a total of 130 missions during the Vietnam War, many of them with Royal Australian Air Force Forward Air Controllers onboard. The aircraft was donated by the United States to the Philippines following the war, and served the Philippine Air Force for many more years.

HMAS Tobruk will cope easily with the task of relocating the plane to Australia. It can transport up to 18 Leopard tanks and 40 Armoured Personnel Carriers, and can accommodate some 300 troops for an extended duration. HMAS Tobruk has been deployed to Somalia, Bougainville, East Timor and the Solomon Islands.
Australia, under its significant Defence Cooperation Program, is supporting the efforts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) in the areas of counter-terrorism, maritime security and strategic management.

Each year, for example, Australia provides approximately AUD 3.5 million (PhP 134 million) of scholarships and training opportunities in Australia for more than 100 Philippine military and defense officials. This training ranges from fully funded twelve-month Masters post-graduate courses to engine repair and basic medical assistant courses.


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Well at less that go for not thing aircraft served some perpose anyway i hope thoes Australians walang utang na loob basteds pay us or it was given for free why i am not supprise if they did ? or did they??
"No sacrifice is too great in the service of freedom."

“As long as we are not willing to provide an adequate, suitable and capable defense for this country, we will be oppressed, demeaned and dishonored. We will be the stepping mat of every country in this region,”(Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile)

“Just because we are a very weak country militarily, we should not be taken advantage of by more powerful countries" (Senate committee on national defense and security chairman Panfilo Lacson)
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Yaman ng 'pinas a....kokonting Aircraft na nga lang binibigay pa
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Sir please take note. Ang sabi sa article ay "OV-10 Bronco light ground attack aircraft that is no longer in the service of the Philippine Air Force.". Ibig sabihin wala na sa serbisyo o hindi na ginagamit ng PAF. :thumb:
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gt6282
Jul 25 2007, 04:14 PM
Sir please take note. Ang sabi sa article ay "OV-10 Bronco light ground attack aircraft that is no longer in the service of the Philippine Air Force.". Ibig sabihin wala na sa serbisyo o hindi na ginagamit ng PAF. :thumb:

ibenta na lang din nila yun...mahal din yun por kilo..
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PH should keep them instead giving it to aussies
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but we might get credit from the aussies
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I vote for giving the Aussies that OV10. Ok naman yun kapalit na scholarship grants provided those scholars make proper use and benefit the Filipino people rin naman with what they learned. Material lang yan pero ang knowledge is priceless.

Hindi rin naman natin makokopya yun OV10 to make into our own (wishful thinking we still have an existing aviation industry) and its already old kaya tearful goodbye pwede naman. We also need more partners in our war against terrorism. Medyo mahirap kausap ang mga Aussies pero mas okay naman na dumami ang mga allies natin kaysa kalaban. They could watch out for us yun bwisit na ASEAN ally-kuno natin who is supporting the war in Mindanao (duh na lang sa mga hindi nakakaalam ng open secret na ito).
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