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19 Januari 2019 Blackhawk aircrew training in US (photo : Military Simulation and Training) The training of Philippine Air Force (PAF) pilots who will operate the 16 Black Hawk helicopters to be acquired from Lockheed Martin Sikorsky will be carried out in Florida, United States, National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on January 16 during the plenary discussion on DND’s 2019 budget. The defense chief made the statement when asked by Senator JV Ejercito regarding the training materials and trainors. “Since [the manufacturer is] Sikorsky, will this already be in English? I assume that these (manuals) will not be in Polish,” Ejercito said. Though built in Poland, the S-70i Black Hawk helicopters will be certified by US-based Lockheed Martin Sikorsky. “They will be in English your honor,” Secretary Lorenzana said. “That’s good to hear. Because what I heard from some Air Force personnel before, that the problem with Sokol, since mayrong language barrier, ‘yung mga manuals tapos th...

17 Januari 2019 PZL Mielec S-70i Blackhawk (photo : Roman N) SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY (PIA) -- Philippine Air Force (PAF) seeks to purchase Blackhawk Helicopters from Poland to further improve its capability in territorial defense and rescue operations. In an interview during the awarding of housing units to Wounded-In-Action soldiersand Wounded-In-Police-Operations at Pleasant View Residences in barangay Graceville, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the procurement is part of the Second Horizon of the New Armed Forces of the Philippine Modernization Program along with various military aircraft and vessels. The planned acquisition of the Blackhawk Helicopters from Poland will replace the cancelled contract of 16 units of Bell 412 EP Helicopters from Canada. Lorenzana added that PAF has experience in operating Polish-made helicopters since the delivery of the eight units of Sokol PZL W-3 Helicopters in 2012. Meanwhile, the official disclosed that two units of Cobra Attack Helicopte...

09 Januari 2019 EC-725 Caracal TNI AU (photo : Beny Adrian) BANDUNG - Kementerian Pertahanan (Kemhan) Republik Indonesia memesan 17 helikopter jenis serbu dan angkut berat kepada PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) untuk pengadaan hingga 2020.  Kontrak pendanaan terdiri atas delapan helikopter angkut berat H225M dan sembilan heli serbu BELL-412EPI, lengkap dengan persenjataan dan amunisi, suku cadang, publikasi teknis, serta pelatihan. Nilai kontrak pengadaan 17 helikopter yaitu USD330 juta. Rinciannya, USD183 juta untuk heli serbu, sisanya untuk heli angkut.   Kepala Badan Sarana Pertahanan (Kabaranahan) Kementerian Pertahanan Republik Indonesia Laksamana Muda TNI Agus Setiadji mengatakan, pemesanan tersebut didasarkan atas kebutuhan dasar TNI AU dan AD dari pengadaan tahap dua.  "Kalau kebutuhan heli serbu butuh 40, kita baru bisa sembilan. Jadi bertahap. Sedangkan heli angkut berat ini pertama kali kita adakan kerja sama PTDI dan Airbus. Kebutuhan 100 skuadron (16 heli...

31 Desember 2018 Two new Mi-17V5 for Royal Thai Army transported with heavy jet transport aircraft IL-76TD of Aviacon Zitotrans Airline landing at the airport U-Tapao, Thailand (photos : AAG) Royal Thai Army's new two Mil Mi-17V5  transport helicopters was delivered by Ilyushin IL-76TD Strategic Airlifter. Russian a irline of Aviacon Zitotrans has landed heavy jet  registration number 'RA-76842' at the U-Tapao International Airport, Royal Thai Navy Airfield in late December 2018.  The image can be seen, transport room of the aircraft carrier IL-76TD Aviacon Zitotrans Airlines of Russia has transported helicopters for general use Mil Mi-17V5 of the RTA (Royal Thai Army) which can be confirmed by camouflage colors and marks on the body of helicopter.  Making it understandable that this should be the Mi-17V5 is a new set of 2 units that the Royal Thai Army has ordered in the year 2017 to serve in 41st Aviation Battalion, Department of Aviation, Army Aviation Center. The...

15 Desember 2018 Sikorsky S-70i (Photo : PZL) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is most likely getting Lockheed Martin Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk for its combat utility helicopter (CUH) acquisition project. This is after National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed on December 7 that PAF technical working group (TWG) chose the Black Hawk. “I think finally the Air Force TWG has come up with the recommendation that the Black Hawk is the best option that they will buy. So we will be pursuing that,” Secretary Lorenzana said. He added that contract may be signed early 2019. The defense chief said initially 10 Black Hawk helicopters are being offered for the CUH acquisition project with allocated budget of around $240 million. “But inakyat nila ang offer they will give us 16,” he said. There are a number of major variants of Black Hawk. Among them are UH-60M built in United States and S-70i built mainly in Poland. “We note information about the selection of Black Hawk helicopters produc...