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The PAF has also carried out various missions within the country and abroad. The PAF is headquartered at Villamor Air Base in Pasay, and is headed by the Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force, who holds the rank of Lieutenant General and also serves as the branch's highest-ranking military officer.
Reassigned to transport role from AEW&C role in 2024 after removal of AESA radar radome and AEW&C equipment due to compatibility issues and standardization of PAF's AEW&C platforms with additional Saab 2000 AEW&C aircraft.
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Two batteries were inducted into service in November 2022. One more battery was delivered in November 2024. Each battery has 3 Missile Firing Units. [21] [22] Mounted on board Tatra T815-7 truck chassis. [23] Anti-aircraft guns M39 cannon: United States Revolver cannon: towed anti-aircraft gun taken from the PAF's retired Northrop F-5 fighters ...
On November 6, 2013, the PAF drew up a plan to transfer the 710th SPOW away from Clark Air Base due to concerns that Clark Development Corp may not have enough land to lease to investors. [ 4 ] On March 14, 2023, the unit received a close air support trainer classroom and debriefing facility from the Australian government at Col. Ernesto Ravina ...
The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (PAFAA) [a] is an accredited four-year military academy which provides undergraduate education to officer candidates of the Pakistan Armed Forces, primarily the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). [3] Eligible and selected candidates from all over Pakistan are sent to the academy for flying training.
The PAF also eyes for the JAS 39, the F-16C, the F-15E, the F/A-18 Hornet and the IAI Kfir Block 60 as one of the next generation fighters. [27] In responding to the Philippine desire for multirole fighters, the United States offered variants of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon , and Sweden offered the Saab JAS 39 Gripen .
In the response to the escalating terrorists attacks by the Afghanistan based terrorists, the Pakistan Air Force launched precision airstrikes on 25 December 2024. [24] The airstrike was specifically triggered by the 21 December attack by the Pakistani Taliban against an outpost manned by Frontier Corps.