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[Nike]

You guys to are making your own right?

yes

 

[Bienvenido]

ARMY PAYS TRIBUTE TO FILIPINO KOREAN WAR VETERANS
September 8, 2014

The Philippine Army, today, pays tribute and respect to Filipino Korean War Veterans who were members of Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK).

The 10th Battalion Combat Team, as first PEFTOK troops, arrived at South Korea in September 1950 in assistance to the United Nation’s effort to stop North Korea’s Communist invasion of South Korea in 1950s.

10th Battalion Combat team composed of 900 Filipino soldiers fought and withstood 40, 000 Chinese army in the Battle of Yuldong in North Korea on April 23, 1951.

“The Philippines and its 20 other UN allies paid in blood and pain for defending democracy in South Korea. This First World War between democracy and communism took the lives of 112 Filipino fighting men, wounding 313 others while 16 men remain officially missing-in-action to this day,” Philippine Army said in a news release.

Former president and PEFTOK Veterans Fidel V Ramos assisted by personnel from the Army’s Security and Escort Battalion during the wreath laying ceremony and floral offering in commemoration of the 2014 Korean War Veterans of the Philippines Memorial Day celebration at the Korean War Memorial Pylon, Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

Army pays tribute to Filipino Korean war veterans | Ang Malaya Net

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Philippines Closer to Approving Autonomous Muslim Region
President Benigno Aquino III Said He Will Personally Submit Bangsamoro Bill to Congress
Sept. 8, 2014

MANILA—Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Monday that he will personally submit to Congress a bill that would create the Bangsamoro, an autonomous area in the southern region of Mindanao that is expected to settle a decades-old Muslim separatist rebellion and spur growth in a resource-rich part of the country.

Mr. Aquino said he would submit the bill to lawmakers this Wednesday in ceremonies that will be held in the presidential palace.

Teresita Quintos Deles, presidential adviser on the peace process, said the president "has decided to personally submit the completed draft to Congress to highlight the importance of the proposed legislative measure."

Murad Ebrahim, chairman of Muslim separatist group the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, met with Mr. Aquino last week to agree on a final draft of the Bangsamoro bill.

The proposed legislation comes nearly two years after the government and the MILF, which split from the Moro National Liberation Front to become the country's biggest Muslim rebel group, signed a peace deal superseding one from 1997. Mr. Aquino called that deal a failed experiment for its inability to deliver on development objectives set at the region's inception.

Mr. Aquino wants the bill passed by Congress before the year ends. This deadline would allow enough time for a referendum in the areas affected by the bill and to set up the Bangsamoro regional government before he leaves office by June 2016.

While Mindanao is rich in natural resources and strategically close to trade partners such as Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, its economy has been hobbled by the decadeslong rebellion. In September last year, a faction of the MNLF protested the agreement between the MILF and the government because it believed it was excluded from the deal. The MNLF faction against the peace deal laid a weekslong siege on the southern city of Zamboanga, many victims of which remain displaced.

Philippines Closer to Approving Autonomous Muslim Region - WSJ

 

[Bienvenido]

SENATE ADOPTS RESOLUTION COMMENDING UN FILIPINO PEACEKEEPERS
September 8, 2014

Philippine News Agency – The Senate adopted on Monday a resolution commending the United Nations Filipino peacekeepers for their display of bravery and resolve during a standoff against the Syrian rebels at the Golan Heights.

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang received the Senate Resolution 876 in behalf of the 40 UN Filipino peacekeepers who are scheduled to return to the country in October.

Authored by Senator Lito Lapid, the SR 876 was approved with 16-0 vote, taking into consideration SR 877, 881, and 899 filed by Senators Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Teofisto Guingona III and Antonio Trillanes IV.

The senators lauded the 40 UN Filipino peacekeepers for exhibiting “extraordinary valor” when they refused to surrender their firearms to the Syrian rebels and instead planned for ‘great escape.’

The Filipino peacekeepers, together with the UN peacekeeping force, have been stationed in Golan Heights since 1974 to monitor a ceasefire between Israel and Syria.


Of the 331-strong Filipino contingent serving as part of the UN Disengagement Force in the Golan Heights, 75 were encamped at the region’s Positions 68 and 69.

Last Aug. 28, the Syrian rebels surrounded the two encampments and demanded that the Filipino peacekeepers surrender their firearms in which the Filipino peacekeepers refused, resulting in a standoff.

On Aug. 30, the 40 Filipino soldiers valiantly held their ground as around 100 rebels attacked Position 68 while 35 Filipino peacekeepers from Position 69 managed to leave their encampment with Irish peacekeepers securing their escape route.

At midnight of the same day, the 40 Filipino soldiers from Position 68 also managed to flee, walking 2.3 kilometers to safety, as the rebels slept.

“Our Filipino peacekeepers exhibited extraordinary valor above and beyond their call of duty, demonstrating once again that Filipinos are among the bravest peacekeepers in the world,” Guingona said.

“Our soldiers’ brave front only proves that Filipinos will not back down from any challenge that we face,” Aquino, for his part, said.

Aquino described the Filipino peacekeepers as the new “action heroes of the world.”

Senate adopts resolution commending UN Filipino peacekeepers | Ang Malaya Net

 

[Cossack25A1]

I have notice that the PH Air Force are considering more UH-1s and Bell 412s helicopters and fixed-wing transports but no heavy transport helicopters. Should the PH Air Force consider helicopters like CH-47s, CH-53 or Mi-26s which are heavy transport helicopters after the first phase of modernization?

CH-47

CH-53

Mi-26

 

[Zero_wing]

I have notice that the PH Air Force are considering more UH-1s and Bell 412s helicopters and fixed-wing transports but no heavy transport helicopters. Should the PH Air Force consider helicopters like CH-47s, CH-53 or Mi-26s which are heavy transport helicopters after the first phase of modernization?

CH-47

CH-53

Mi-26

All too expensive to operate and buy so no plus the Credible defense plan is on capability upgrade meaning what we currently have must be replace of the same equivalent or better than the current equipment and plus its prevents logistical nightmares an example is the buying of AW109 by both the Naval Aircorp and the Airforce improving current abilities and adding new ones at the same time replacing old aircraft. So yes as much like to see all those aircrafts or one of them flying with the AFP its just too expensive and too dificult to change the logistics, the know how and the budget to buy and reequip and retrain the pilots and crews for the planes to be purchase.

Other than America, who produces protective vests and gears that are cost-effective?

Israeli for one the other is buying ASEAN like from Singapore or Indonesia since they have Defense Industries that are well known but we have local industries here but i dont know why the government is not buying here i guess the standards the DND puts up is just too high to meet.

 

[Ayan81]

How about the Merlins?

we can get this for 60-70 mill per unit, paf and pn already operates the 109 and augusta has already have a service center here

 

[Nike]

that's a good

I have notice that the PH Air Force are considering more UH-1s and Bell 412s helicopters and fixed-wing transports but no heavy transport helicopters. Should the PH Air Force consider helicopters like CH-47s, CH-53 or Mi-26s which are heavy transport helicopters after the first phase of modernization?

i think, Phil. armed forces doing the right thing, focusing to develop their operational capability and increasing the number of platform they are operated without giving more burden into their scarcely allocated funds. Fixed wing transport aircraft can doing what the Heavy helicopter can do at some points while the other roles will be augmented by the medium sized utility helicopter such as UH-1 huey

 

[Zero_wing]

How about the Merlins?

we can get this for 60-70 mill per unit, paf and pn already operates the 109 and augusta has already have a service center here

That too but maybe in the next modernization program the DND may include something similar but i think we sticking with the 214s and thw AW109s for now to replace the old UH1s, bells, MD500s and the the S76s now converted for ambuance and rescue duties.

 

[Cossack25A1]

That too but maybe in the next modernization program the DND may include something similar but i think we sticking with the 214s and thw AW109s for now to replace the old UH1s, bells, MD500s and the the S76s now converted for ambuance and rescue duties.

About the MD500s, maybe we should consider the Unmanned Little Bird which is a variant of the MD500. The said tech could be integrated into existing MD500s, removing the crews and likely allow the MD500 to carry more weapons.

Little Bird demo for the Republic of Korea | sUAS News

 

[Zero_wing]

Currentl

About the MD500s, maybe we should consider the Unmanned Little Bird which is a variant of the MD500. The said tech could be integrated into existing MD500s, removing the crews and likely allow the MD500 to carry more weapons.

We have our own UAV program maybe in the near future but as of now the UAV of the PA (Philippine Army) is the current UAV in use.

 

[Cossack25A1]

Currentl

well the idea is to have it as an unmanned light attacker different from the OV-10 and its intended replacement.

 

[Aepsilons]

@Cossack25A1 , @Zero_wing , --

I believe that the Philippine Government has finalized with the Spanish Government on acquisition of C-295 transport planes. These would be pertinent , considering that the PAF needs greater transport vehicles.

MaxDefense: PAF Confirms Acquisition of C-295 as its Medium Lift Fixed Wing Transport Aircraft

 

[Cossack25A1]

@Cossack25A1 , @Zero_wing , --

I believe that the Philippine Government has finalized with the Spanish Government on acquisition of C-295 transport planes. These would be pertinent , considering that the PAF needs greater transport vehicles.

MaxDefense: PAF Confirms Acquisition of C-295 as its Medium Lift Fixed Wing Transport Aircraft

The PH government may have already ordered it and waiting for its arrival as that news was reported last March but I am not sure if it will arrive by the end of 2014 or sometime in 2015.

 

[Aepsilons]

The PH government may have already ordered it and waiting for its arrival as that news was reported last March but I am not sure if it will arrive by the end of 2014 or sometime in 2015.

I'm glad to see the development of the PAF's capabilities.

Visible change, indeed.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Other than America, who produces protective vests and gears that are cost-effective?

Many, there's even a Indian company that wants to supply Philippines with gear.

5 firms eye bid for P1.76-B military protection equipment | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
MKU in Advanced Stage of Readiness to Comply With Force Protection Requirements of Philippines Armed Forces - Yahoo Finance

MaxDefense: Israeli Firm Confirmed Winner for Force Protection Equipment for the Philippine Army and Marine Corps

Israeli firm won.