Melihat Wajah Baru Helikopter Kepresidenan
Jakarta - Presiden Joko Widodo menolak rencana pembelian helikopter AgustaWestland AW101 oleh TNI AU yang sempat ramai jadi pro kontra. Jokowi tetap memilih helikopter yang sudah ada yaitu Super Puma L-2 AS-332.
Namun ada yang menarik dari helikopter kepresidenan itu. Dalam kunjungan ke Kabupaten Garut, Kamis (29/9) kemarin, helikopter skadron 45 itu memiliki wajah baru. Bagaimana wujudnya?
Heli Kepresidenan itu dicat baru mirip dengan warna cat pesawat kepresidenan Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), yaitu dominasi warna biru pada bagian atas, dan merah putih pada bagian bawah.
Helikopter dengan nomor ekor H-3204 dan bendera merah putih itu sebelumnya berwarna putih dan abu-abu. Heli itu dioperasikan oleh Skadron Udara 45 yang merupakan Skadron angkut khusus VIP/VVIP yang berada di bawah Wing Udara 1, Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta.
Skadron udara ini khusus digunakan Presiden maupun Wakil Presiden untuk kunjungan kerja ke daerah, yang secara keseluruhan pemeliharaannya berada di bawah Kementerian Sekretariat dan pengoperasian pesawat di bawah koordinasi Sekretariat Militer Presiden.
"Betul, itu heli Kepresidenan Jenis Super Puma L-2 (AS 332) dicat dengan warna sama dengan BBJ," ucap Sekretaris Militer Presiden Jokowi, Marsekal Muda TNI Hadi Tjahjanto saat dikonfirmasi detikcom, Jumat (30/9/2016).
Menurut Hadi, helikopter Kepresidenan itu dicat ulang pada bulan Juli 2016 di PT. Dirgantara Indonesia (DI), Bandung. Sebelum digunakan ke Garut, heli dengan wajah baru itu pernah dua kali digunakan oleh Presiden Jokowi ke daerah.
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Philippines interested in Indonesian medical support ship
Cranes lift sections of the Strategic Sealift Vessel (SSV) that are ready to be assembled at the company's shipyard at Ujung Port in Surabaya, East Java. PAL is currently working to complete the second SSV for the Philippine Navy, set to be delivered next May.(JP/Wienda Parwitasari)
fter purchasing two Strategic Sealift Vessel (SSV) warships from PT PAL Indonesia, the Philippine government is considering putting in another order for a medical support vessel from Indonesia’s state-owned shipbuilder.
During the 2016 Asian Defense & Security (ADAS) exhibition in Manila, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana held a discussion with Brig. Gen. Jan Pieter Ate from the Indonesian ADAS delegation on Indonesian defense products.
“The Secretary of National Defense and the Philippines Navy chief of staff are impressed with the medical support vessel that will be fit for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations,” Jan Pieter, the Defense Ministry’s director of the defense industry and technology, told
The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
According to Jan Pieter, the Philippine secretary of defense had shown a deep interest in the 123-meter vessel and spent a lot of time looking at the vessel’s mock-up.
It was reported that the Philippines had also put in an order for the CN235-200 and N212i aircraft from state-owned airplane maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia in 2015.
The three-day ADAS 2016 exhibition ends on Friday.
According to its official website, ADAS 2016 attracts exhibitors from around the world and works closely with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
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