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Again not plan for the Philippines due its Russian

IMHO you should not limit yourself to western product, remember that the US Government are buying MI-17 from the Russian for the Afghan armed forces

 

[Zero_wing]

IMHO you should not limit yourself to western product, remember that the US Government are buying MI-17 from the Russian for the Afghan armed forces

Thats different since the Afgans have been using Warsaw pact equipment ever since while the Philippines have been using western euipment since the days of the Commonwealth Army Air corp we can use equipment from former Warsaw pact countries if they been made to Nato standard so again no luck not unless an agreement has been reach to make them semi Nato or to Nato standard by replacing their previsious equipment or support structure and support from those countries would be set up in the Philippines to support the products and that would take time.

Hey dont get me wrong i would love to a mix of non west warsaw pact but it would be a nightmare for the AFP would support etc

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

I have always wonder if the AFP has its own MRE.... do our armed forces have MRE?

Don't know, but in Zamboanga the Pinoy army resort to begging & other unsavory stuff to get their meal.

The worst part is in the middle of the city.

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/soldiers-in-zamboanga-beg-for-food--water-082830784.html?clear=cache

 

[Cossack25A1]

Don't know, but in Zamboanga the Pinoy army resort to begging & other unsavory stuff to get their meal.
View attachment 116593
The worst part is in the middle of the city.

Soldiers in Zamboanga beg for food, water - Yahoo News Philippines

It is quite sad that they fight to secure a city yet have to resort to "begging" for food, as if we are living in the Medieval period. This just shows how corrupt the Philippine government is and how "politicized" the top brass are.

 

[Pinoy]

Ten Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters now at Clark Air Base
October 7,2014


Ten out of twenty-one ordered refurbished Bell UH-1 Iroquois or Huey helicopters are now at Clark Air Base in Pampanga. Philippine News Agency reported that these aircraft are now undergoing flight testing and inspection.

Before the end of July this year first four units were delivered. US based Rice Aircraft Services and Canadian Eagle Copters was contracted by Philippine government to provide 21 units of Huey helis through negotiated procurement after several unsuccessful bidding. The contract price is PhP1.25 billion.

These helicopters will act as Philippine Air Force’s utility helicopters. Roles these helicopters can assume include ground attack, air assault, cargo, MEDEVAC, command and control, and troop transport.

Department of National Defense expects these helicopters to be heavily used on transport of troops, search and rescue, and delivery of goods during relief operations.

Remaining units are expected to be delivered before the year ends.

Ten Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters now at Clark Air Base


AFP respects Aquino’s order to maintain status quo in West PHL Sea
October 7,2014

“We know that this has a higher purpose and we respect whatever decision we have to make in order to ensure that we can peacefully settle this territorial dispute,” Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs head Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc said commenting on the deferred rehabilitation of military facilities in Pagasa Island.

“We are known as resilient people. Our soldiers can continue performing their mandate with the current equipment and facilities that they have,” Lt. Col. Cabunoc states.

Cabunoc said re-supply operations and the logistics run including the transport of troops is not impeded.

AFP will use “naval assets to carry out this logistics run. There are also instances wherein the Naval Air Group is tasked to drop supplies when necessary.”

Without a rehabilitated airstrip, bigger aircraft will not be able to access Pagasa Island for resupply and deployment missions.

President Aquino ordered to maintain the status quo in West Philippine Sea sometime in the middle of 2014.

AFP respects Aquino’s order to maintain status quo in West PHL Sea

 

[Cossack25A1]

Yet again....
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NAIA still among world’s worst
(The Philippine Star) | Updated October 8, 2014 - 12:00am
An ANC report said the ranking was made by US website The Cheat Sheet, which held that the airport – designed for six million passengers – is unsurprisingly unable to accommodate more than 32 million people who use its facilities every year.

“This Manila-based airport struggles with the 32 million passengers who use its facility each year. That shouldn’t come as a shock, though, considering it only has the capacity for six million passengers, according to CNBC,” it said.

Travelers have complained of discourteous airport staff despite the Filipinos’ being known for their hospitality.

But The Cheat Sheet said ongoing upgrades and renovations at the NAIA provide the “good news.”

NAIA earned the notoriety of being one of the worst airports in the world in 2013 based on a survey by travel website Sleeping In Airports. The website asked travelers to rank airports based on comfort, conveniences, cleanliness and customer service.

The government earlier said it hopes to complete the NAIA upgrade in April next year and appealed to the public for understanding while renovation is in progress.

The Cheat Sheet’s list also includes Charles De Gaulle in Paris, Los Angeles International Airport, Italy’s Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport, New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Zurich International in Switzerland, Chad’s N’Djamena International Airport, Russia’s Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Arkansas, and India’s Calcutta Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.

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NAIA still among world’s worst | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
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For the lighter side of the news concerning the said airport....

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PNoy welcomes world's largest passenger plane at NAIA
By Louis Bacani (philstar.com) | Updated October 8, 2014 - 9:14am

MANILA, Philippines - The world's largest passenger aircraft landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Tuesday night and was welcomed by President Benigno Aquino III.

Footage from Radio and TV Malacañang (RTVM) showed Aquino inside the NAIA Terminal 3 as the Emirates Airbus A380 arrived from Dubai past 10 p.m.

The President later talked to officials of Emirates Airline.

In an earlier post on its official Facebook page, Emirates said it took its flagship Airbus A380 aircraft to Manila to celebrate the airline's move to the international terminal.

Based on the RTVM footage, the Airbus A380 was given a water cannon salute while Aquino met the plane's Filipino pilot, Capt. Franklyn Desiderio,

According to television reports, Aquino also welcomed the passengers of world's largest plane and observed the operations of the Terminal 3.

The A380's landed at the NAIA after the country's main gateway was named by US website The Cheat Sheet as among the world's worst airport.

“This Manila-based airport struggles with the 32 million passengers who use its facility each year. That shouldn’t come as a shock, though, considering it only has the capacity for six million passengers, according to CNBC,” it said.

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PNoy welcomes world's largest passenger plane at NAIA | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
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[Pinoy]

PHILIPPINE, US MARINES SHARPEN AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS DURING PHIBLEX 2015
By Sgt. Anthony Kirby, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
October 6,2014

PALAWAN, Philippines -- U.S. and Philippine Marines raided a small island Oct. 2 utilizing combat rubber raiding crafts during Amphibious Landing Exercise 15.

The Philippine Marines are with the 12th Marine Battalion and the U.S. Marines are with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

For the U.S. Marines, the raid was part of their Certification Exercise, a semi-annual assessment to test the capabilities of the MEU’s ability to conduct a variety of missions. This iteration of CERTEX is unique because it is running concurrently with the objectives of PHIBLEX 15.

The assessment evaluates the 31st MEU’s planning, briefing, preparation and execution processes. After the evaluation, each phase is broken into categories of accomplished, partially accomplished or mission unsuccessful, so the MEU commander and Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general are aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the team.

The day prior to the raid, Philippine and U.S. Marines integrated and trained side by side to prepare for the mission.

“It was great working with the Armed Forces of the Philippines; within the hour of us meeting, everyone had already linked up and immediately started running rehearsals for training,” said U.S. Marine Capt. Brian T. Spillane, commander of Company L, BLT 3/5.

The mission scenario, developed by Special Operations Training Group, required the BLT to raid a small island via combat rubber raiding crafts. Once there, they had to clear and secure several houses while taking simulated enemy fire from a combined group of AFP and U.S. Marines acting as an opposing force.

“I feel this is important training for all of us because we learn different tactics," said Philippine Marine Staff Sgt. Julius Tumpag, intelligence chief with 12th Marine Bn., AFP. “It’s meaningful, and in a way, it’s also fun.
The strong alliance between AFP and U.S. Marines has made the execution of the mission a successful one, according to Spillane. “They’re a gracious, welcoming host, and I think we synched up pretty well,” said Spillane. “It’s been a productive bilateral training exercise.”

PHIBLEX 15 is being conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines alongside U.S. Marine and Navy forces to strengthen interoperability across a range of military operations to include disaster relief and contingency operations.

Philippine, US Marines sharpen amphibious operations during PHIBLEX 2015 > The Official United States Marine Corps Public Website > News Display




Philippines invites bids for ASW helicopters
By: GREG WALDRON
SINGAPORE
Source: Flightglobal.com
a day ago

The Philippines has issued a tender for two anti-submarine warfare helicopters, with bidding to commence on 21 October.

In a bidding document posted on its web site, the Department of National Defence says that the budget for the two helicopters is Ps5.4 billion ($120 million). This amount will also cover weapons, key equipment, and logistics support.

Manila is in the process of recapitalising its military in the context of simmering territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea.

Flightglobal’s World Air Forces directory shows that the Filipino navy has a modest aviation component, with just six Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander aircraft and four Airbus Helicopters Bo105s.

In addition, Manila has orders for eight AgustaWestland AW109s, which the navy will use for patrol, surveillance, and search and rescue duties.

Philippines invites bids for ASW helicopters - 10/7/2014 - Flight Global




Israel remembers PH help during the Holocaust
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 10/07/2014

MANILA - Israeli Ambassador Ephraim Ben Matityau met with President Benigno Aquino III as he pitched efforts to strengthen the ties between the two countries.

Both Aquino and Matityau exchanged views on strengthening Israeli-Philippine relations, particularly in the areas of high-tech innovation, research and development, emergency preparedness and agro-technology.

The new Israeli envoy also pushed for the implementation of a joint committee for science and technology as proposed earlier by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario.

“With this kind of initiative, we can reach a new chapter in our developing relations. Israel’s position as a HiTech Nation and the Philippines aspirations are a perfect match – from new challenges of the CyberTech to BioTech, NanoTech or AgriTech – the future is full of opportunities,” he said.

Matityau highlighted the strong relationship between the two nations, which has spanned years.

He noted that 1,300 Jewish people were saved by the Philippine government under President Manuel Quezon during the Holocaust.

He also noted the Philippines gave one vote for the United Nations resolution for the creation of the state of Israel.

“Next year, we are going to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of Manila. On that occasion, we hope to dedicate a friendship monument in Manila presented by the people of Israel in appreciation to the Filipino people,” he said.

"Israel has 1,301 good reasons to thank the Philippines and you Mr. President. Your nation has 1,301 good reasons to stand proud before the family of nations as a role model.”

He said Israel’s door is also open to Filipinos.

“We hope to see 540 Filipino students coming over to Israel in a unique 11-month internship in agriculture. The door is open to so many more opportunities to the benefit of our nations,” he said.

“Israel is thankful to many thousands of Filipinos who, with great hearts, are working so hard as caregivers to many Israelis in need. Those Filipinos and the Israelis they care for are Ambassadors of goodwill and another pillar of friendship,” he added.

Ambassador Matityau arrived in Manila on August 1.

He is a veteran of Israel's Foreign Service and a graduate of its Diplomatic School in 1981. He had served as a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Peace and Normalization team with Egypt.

In 1983, he served as Israel’s Deputy Consul General in Toronto, Canada. He also served as Deputy Ambassador in Nicosia-Cyprus (1985-88), Consul-Director of Israel's Academic Affairs Office to the US based in New York (1991-96), Consul General to East Australia based in Sydney (1999-2002), Acting Ambassador in Copenhagen (2004), and Ambassador to Vietnam and Laos (2005-2009), and Acting Ambassador to Ethiopia (Summer 2013).

In Jerusalem’s home office, Matityau served as Head of the Canadian Affairs and Israel's North American missions for Public Diplomacy (1988-1991), Spokesman and Deputy Director of the Press Division (1996-1999), and Head of the Overseas Development Projects and Public Private Partnership Bureau for MASHAV-Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation (2009-2014).

Israel remembers PH help during the Holocaust | ABS-CBN News



Philippine, Australia conduct joint maritime training exercise “LUMBAS 2014″
Posted on October 7, 2014 ·


Davao City, Philippines, (DWDD) — The Philippine Navy (PN) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) formally started the PN-RAN Exercise LUMBAS 2014 last September 29, 2014 and will culminate on October 11, 2014 at Naval Station Felix Apolinario, Panacan, Davao City.

Exercise LUMBAS is an annual combined PN and RAN Exercise being conducted in the different parts of the country on a yearly basis. For this year, the exercise was held in Davao Region conducted in three parts. The first part is the Table Top Exercise (TTX) participated by the different stakeholders coming from the PCG, PNP, BFAR, DENR-XI, PDEA, BI, BOC, RDRMC, PPA and CENRO.

The objective in this TTX is to simulate the role and cooperation of the different agencies in any given scenario. The second part is the at Sea Phase training to be conducted from Oct. 4-10, 2014 at the waters off Davao Gulf. The PN will involve two 108-foot PN Patrol Boats and one 35-meter RAN Patrol Boat with 30 RAN Crew Members.

The activities at sea will involve various scenarios like Border Protection, Anti-terrorism and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HADR) in consonance with the status of Visiting Forces Agreement between Australia and the Philippines and the third part is the conduct of a sport activity amongst the two navies to further boost camaraderie and friendly acquaintances.

Further, the Exercise aims to enhance interoperability between PN, RAN and Inter-Agency participants focused on common operational procedures and to foster maritime cooperation between the two countries.

Philippine, Australia conduct joint maritime training exercise “LUMBAS 2014″ | DWDD

 

[Zero_wing]

Don't know, but in Zamboanga the Pinoy army resort to begging & other unsavory stuff to get their meal.
View attachment 116593
The worst part is in the middle of the city.

Soldiers in Zamboanga beg for food, water - Yahoo News Philippines

Well try buying food in the middle of the warzone.

Allow me to answer this one they have issued ready to eat meals but the soldiers hate those issued ready to eat meals they like prefer eat something fresh and what they use to so they normally buy food in towns they stop in or before an operation get from a town before leaving but in this stituation they were rush due to emergency operations and stores like the normal sari sari stores were close due to the battles ranging all around hey tell a store open in the middle of a war zone i give you money its just common sense that there are none so this stories are just that stories not connected with corruption or anything heck i even ask soilders why they keep their old combat shoes while they get new ones every year or in emergency cases they say it brings some kind of luck for them i guess they have this culture of lucky items are good in battle thing hey look i dont like the idea of them using something beyond their prime but again am not in command of the AFP if i was that would end with the Miswari head on a sliver plater. And no more with this would be the last peace deal with Rebel groups they waste of money and they constantly waste everything due to their indifference and their werid understanding of the world and Islam.

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

Well try buying food in the middle of the warzone.

Allow me to answer this one they have issued ready to eat meals but the soilders hate those issued ready to eat meals they like prefer eat something fresh and what they use to so they normally buy food in towns they stop in or before an operation get from a town before leaving but in this stituation they were rush due to emergency operations and stores like the normal sari sari stores were close due to the battles ranging all around hey tell a store open in the middle of a war zone i give you money its just common sense that there are none so this stories are just that stories not connected with corruption or anything heck i even ask soilders why they keep their old combat shoes while they get new ones every year or in emergency cases they say it brings some kind of luck for them i guess they have this culture of lucky items are good in battle thing hey look i dont like the idea of them using something beyond their prime but again am not in command of the AFP if i was that would end with the Miswari head on a sliver plater. And no more with this would be the last peace deal with Rebel groups they waste of money and they constantly waste everything due to their indifference and their werid understanding of the world and Islam.

this pictures showed that the AFP have a very, very bad logistical problem. I mean how hard can it be to drive a truck carrying MRE to a city, it's not like in the middle of the jungle like in Aceh where the soldiers supplies needed to be airdropped regularly.

“Bai? naa moy kanun or bahaw bsan gamay lang wala pa man gud mi nagkaon ganina buntag pa and walay tulog (Friend, do you have rice? Even leftovers, just a bit, because we haven’t eaten since this morning and we haven’t had sleep),” Bulahan quoted the soldier as saying.

He even has a photo, which is now viral, to prove it.
“Ang gusto nga nila noong una, bumili sa tindahan namin. Pero nung sinabi kong sarado kami, humingi na lang ng kanin (They initially wanted to buy from our store. But when we told them we were closed, he begged for rice),” Bulahan told Yahoo Southeast Asia.
He said soldiers divided what little rice he shared with them and paired it with dried fish. Even soldiers’ water supply is scarce, Bulahan said, adding that many of the households in his neighborhood have put out water containers outside their doors.

 

[Zero_wing]

Not b

this pictures showed that the AFP have a very, very bad logistical problem. I mean how hard can it be to drive a truck carrying MRE to a city, it's not like in the middle of the jungle like in Aceh where the soldiers supplies needed to be airdropped regularly.

Well to be far the MNLF Miswari faction had good sniper position in the city before the Army reclaim those positions i do understand your questions but again if that was true how come the Army manage to recapture the city if the soilders were not properly resuppied? maybe this are isolated units most of the units did fight on for days non stop so it could happen but again soilders do hate our army's issued ready to eat meals that they would normally carry that's what the soldiers i knew said to me maybe it is bad logistics i dont know but that was they said to me to be far the guys i talk to participated in the the final operations in city so maybe this the guys who were in the sige at the hard point of time normally Soilders do buy food from towns and citiesin the operational area or bring some supplies before moving out i just dont know if what those soilders told is true or not or this story is true or not.

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

Not b


Well to be far the MNLF Miswari faction had good sniper position in the city before the Army reclaim those positions i do understand your questions but again if that was true how come the Army manage to recapture the city if the soilders were not properly resuppied? maybe this are isolated units most of the units did fight on for days non stop so it could happen but again soilders do hate our army's issued ready to eat meals that they would normally carry that's what the soilders i knew said to me maybe it is bad logistics i dont know but that was they said to me to be far the guys i talk to participated in the the final operations in city so maybe this the guys who were in the sige at the hard point of time normally Soilders do buy food from towns and citiesin the operational area or bring some supplies before moving out i just dont know if what those soilders told is true or not or this story is true or not.

It's common knowledge to bring supply trucks along with the army convoy. I never heard of any army whatever it kinds not to have any kind of MRE within grabbing distance. Especially in a middle of a city.

 

[Zero_wing]

It's common knowledge to bring supply trucks along with the army convoy. I never heard of any army whatever it kinds not to have any kind of MRE within grabbing distance. Especially in a middle of a city.

Me too but but again i dont know if it is the constant change of the battlelines or they hate those meals or bad logistics (which i dont because if they did the outcome would be different and the MNLF Miswari faction would have one that battle and the Phillippines would not be hear now) or they love home made cook meals but in my conclusion its the two change of the battlelines I much i hate saying this the Philippine Army needs to brush up on urban warfare their tactics was poorly executed and they use heavy weapons and light vechicles and lack of battlefield management and they had UAVs this time and air support but over all they corangeous they given it their all but still problems and poor execution is still present but going back other one is they really hate those meals which the Army should change as soon as possible its not helping the Army at all and the soldiers they so picky they should be if that story was true or not it does not matter its problem whatever it is its embrassing no matter what of this is true.

 

[NarThoD]

your government should pay attention to your soldier's stomach. Hungry soldiers will easily defect to enemy side if they think their country cant feed them.

MRE's taste like hell, but one biscuit is enough for all day

 

[Pinoy]

In times of war soldiers are trained to be resourceful. As usual logistics has always been our problem. But our soldiers resourcefulness is good practice. However in cases like these I must admit it's pathetic. It's quite ironic how during disasters we see photos of our soldiers handing out rations while in times of siege when they themselves need it nothing is available to provide.

Well I think the US Armed Forces sells off as surplus its MRE's that only have a year or so left on their shelf-life. There's no reason the AFP can't get a supply of these meals. They offer a full day's ration for a soldier in strenuous combat,operations, about 4,200 calories (kcal's). They even offer vegetarian and halal versions of MRE's.

 

[Cossack25A1]

I just want to share a picture I found about the possibility of Clark airport (DMIA) to replace NAIA, which would have been "cheaper" compared to the proposed Sangley Point Airport.

Apparently, there were two designs for Clark

There is a reason why Manila Skyway is being extended to connect NLEX and SLEX... and why the botched North Rail Project was conceived.