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Friday, May 21, 2010

PAF getting 18 new training jets at P660M

SF-260 Basic trainerThe Air Force will receive a new batch of 18 brand-new SF-260 basic training aircraft before the Air Force Day celebration on July 2. The jets are being assembled at a facility in Clark Air Base. The whole package is costing the government P660 million.

The new aircraft will augment the squadron of trainers of the Air Education Command at the Fernando airbase in Lipa City.

The Italian-made SF-260 is a propeller-driven, two-seater that has been the backbone of the PAF training schools for decades. Only six of old SF-260 remain out of the two squadrons of the original batch, but some of them are still serviceable and could be repaired or upgraded, according to Air Force chief Lt. Gen. Oscar Rabena.

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