By Joyce Pangco Panares
AFTER 10 years without a fighter jet in its arsenal, President Benigno Aquino III said the country will take delivery of two FA-50 jets from Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., the first batch of 12 multi-role light fighters the country acquired from South Korea.
“Next year, the first two units of these moderns jets will land in the country for the Armed Forces,” the President said in his arrival speech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2.
“The last time we had fighters in the inventory was in 2005 so by next year an entire decade has already passed,” Aquino said, adding that the delivery of the 10 remaining units will be completed in 2017. The entire squadron costs P18.9 billion.
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