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More attack helicopters will be acquired to boost the Philippine Air Force’s existing aircraft fleet, a PAF official said Tuesday.
“The attack helicopter project is a continuing program up until we are able to close the capability gap. It’s laid out in the PAF Flight Plan 2028 and very much in line with the President’s thrust,” PAF Spokesperson Col. Araus Robert Musico said in a message to the PNA.
This would boost the existing MD-520 attack units and newly-acquired AW-109s, he added. At present, PAF has between 12 to 16 MD-520s and eight AW-109 attack helicopters.
Attack helicopters, in the Philippine setting, are often deployed as aerial rocket and machine batteries to help troops in clearing and pursuit operations.
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