List of active military aircraft of the Philippines explained

The following is a list of active military aircraft of the Philippines.

Air Force

See also: Philippine Air Force.

Army Aviation Regiment

See also: Philippine Army.

AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Short 330United KingdomUtility aircraft1
1 [1]
utility 172M 2 (PA-071 & PA-072)
utility 150 1 (PA-911) [2]
Rotary-Wing Aircraft
MBB Bo 105GermanyUtility helicopterBo-1054t/n 203 donated by Manny V. Pangilinan, to be used to prepare for larger helicopters. t/n 224 donated by Dornier Technologies in October 2022. t/n 222 and 223 are also donated by still unidentified groups.
trainer R44 Raven II 2 Serves as a trainer aircraft for the future acquisition of helicopters in the Army.[3]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Hermes 450Israeltactical UAV(+4)[4] Tier III UAV. Only 1 system made up of 4 UAVs and a ground control station.
SkylarkIsraelhand-launched UAV
catapult-launched UAV
Skylark I-LEX[5]
Skylark 3
-Tier I UAV. Acquired under USD180 million deal.
Tier II UAV. Acquired under USD180 million deal.[6]
ThorIsraelVTOL UAV(+1066)Tier I UAV. 533 systems made up of 2 UAV each. Acquired under deal with Elbit[7] under a USD153 million deal.[8]
DJI PhantomChinaVTOL UAVPhantom 3 Professional
Phantom 4
unknownCommercial drones bought off-the-shelf by Philippine Army units.[9]
Raptor
Knight Falcon
Philippinesminiature UAV2(+1)[10] The first drone, it is smaller and has less endurance than the Knight Falcon.[11]
The second drone. A third unnamed drone is in the works.

Naval Air Wing

See also: Philippine Navy.

AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
Maritime patrol
Beechcraft King AirUnited Statesutility / patrolTC-905ex-JMSDF
Britten-Norman BN-2patrol / utility BN-2A5[12]
Helicopters
Leonardo AW159United Kingdom2
AgustaWestland AW109Italy5
Trainer Aircraft
Cessna 172United Statestrainer / light utility 4[13]
Robinson R44United Statesrotorcaft trainer3 on order

Coast Guard Aviation Force

See also: Philippine Coast Guard.

AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
BN-2 IslanderUnited KingdomSARBN-2A2
Cessna 208 CaravanUnited StatesSAR208EX1[14] 1 on order.
Helicopters
MBB Bo 105GermanySARBo 105C1 1 of 2 grounded.[15]
Airbus H145GermanySARH1452[16] [17] 5 more units planned to be acquired to complete the Maritime Disaster Response Helicopter Acquisition Project of the PH Coast Guard which requires 7 multirole helicopters.[18]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Defense system by the numbers. The GUIDON. 19 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light... - Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light Armor Division, Philippine Army - Facebook. Facebook. 19 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Philippine Army commissions two R44 Raven lightweight training helicopters.
  4. Web site: Philippine Air Force receives full delivery of Hermes 900, Hermes 450 UAVs: report . Israel Defense . September 10, 2020 . September 10, 2020.
  5. Web site: C4ISTAR - Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (Horizon 2) Acquisition Project of the Philippine Army . PH Defense Resource . May 23, 2019.
  6. News: Elbit nears $180m Philippines drone deal. Globes. 13 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Philippine Army to Receive More UAVs, Upgraded APCs from Elbit. 23 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Indo Pacific UAV Directory 2021 . Asian Military Review . 2022-04-14.
  9. News: DJI DRONES ARE GETTING SHOT DOWN IN THE BATTLE OF MARAWI . Luna, Thomas . WeTalkUAV . WeTalkUAV . 2017-07-17 . 2017-07-20.
  10. News: PH Army displays drones to public . Mangosing, Frances . INQUIRER.net . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 19 December 2013 . 20 December 2013.
  11. News: Gov't used drones vs MNLF in Zambo siege . Romero, Alexis . philSTAR.com . The Philippine Star . 21 December 2013 . 24 December 2013.
  12. Web site: World Air Forces 2022. Flightglobal Insight . 2022 . 4 February 2022. registration.
  13. Web site: 2022-02-11. United States Turns Over Four Cessna Planes to Philippine Navy. 2022-02-11. U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. en-US.
  14. Web site: Philippine Coast Guard Cessna Caravan delivered . 2021-09-10 . 2021-10-15 . Scramble (NL).
  15. Web site: Phl beefing up sea patrol assets. Philstar. December 25, 2014.
  16. Web site: PCG gets 2 new rescue choppers. Philippine News Agency .
  17. Web site: Philippine Coast Guard becomes Philippines' first H145 operator for parapublic missions . Airbus . September 26, 2018 . November 16, 2018.
  18. Web site: PCG - Foreign Assisted Projects.