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Philippine Air Force F-5A at Clark Air Base, c. 1982. The Philippine Air Force acquired 37 F-5A and F-5B from 1965 to 1998. [108] The F-5A/Bs were used by the 6th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Cobras) of the 5th Fighter Wing and the Blue Diamonds aerobatic team, replacing the F-86F Sabre previously used by 1965 and 1968 respectively. The F-5s also ...
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and ...
The date inscribed in the oldest Philippine document found so far, the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, is 900 CE. From the details of the document, written in Kawi script, the bearer of a debt, Namwaran, along with his children Lady Angkatan and Bukah, are cleared of a debt by the ruler of Tondo. It is the earliest document that shows the use ...
Operation Thirty Hours was a Brazilian military plan to invade Uruguay in 1971. Brazil was under a military dictatorship , governed by Emílio Garrastazu Médici . During that time Uruguay was in an electoral process and the possibility of victory by the left-wing Frente Amplio (Broad Front) frightened both the Brazilian rulers and the ...
The HAL Tejas (Sanskrit: तेजस, ISO: Tējasa, lit. ' Radiance ') is an Indian single-engine, delta wing, multirole [9] combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy.
The plan was for self-propelled guns of the Ho-Ni series to form part of a fire support company in each of the tank regiments. [ 137 ] [ 139 ] Production of the Type 1 Ho-Ni I took place during 1942. It was first deployed in combat during the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines in 1945, but like the rest of the Japanese armor, they were defeated ...
Fake news sites have become rampant for Philippine audiences, especially being shared on social media. [390] Politicians have started filing laws to combat fake news [391] [392] and three Senate hearings have been held on the topic. [393] [394] [395] The Catholic Church in the Philippines has also released a missive speaking out against it. [396]