MANILA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- A C-130 plane, the last one of two transport aircraft acquired from the United States, arrived in Cebu City on Sunday night.
Air Force spokesman Col. Antonio Francisco Jr said the plane, manned by Filipino pilots, touched down at around 7:56 p.m. (1156 GMT) Sunday at the Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base, home to the Air Force's 2nd Air Division.
The plane departed a U.S. air force facility in Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday. Francisco said the aircraft made several stop-overs for refueling, the last in Guam, before heading to the Philippines.
Like the four other C-130s in the inventory of the Air Force, Francisco said the newly-arrived plane will be used primarily for transport.
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