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List of active military aircraft of the Philippines

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The following is a list of active military aircraft of the Philippines.

Air Force

See also: List of equipment of the Philippine Air Force
Two of the FA-50PH fighter jets in service
Philippine Air Force S-70i Black Hawk
One of the W-3A Sokół utility helicopters in service
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
T-50 Golden Eagle Republic of Korea light multirole / LIFT FA-50PH 12[1]
OV-10 Bronco United States light attack OV-10A/C 7[1] OV-10M standard[2]
EMB 314 Super Tucano Brazil light attack A-29B 6[1]
Reconnaissance
Cessna 208 United States ISR 2[1]
Transport
GAF Nomad Australia transport N22B 3[1]
CASA C-212 Spain
Indonesia 		transport NC-212i 2[1]
CASA C-295 Spain transport / VIP transport C-295M 4[1] 3 C-295W on order[3]
C-130 Hercules United States transport / airlift C-130B/H/T 4[1] 1 C-130H on order[4]
Fokker F27 Netherlands transport F27-200 1[1]
Fokker F28 Netherlands VIP transport F28-3000 1[1]
Gulfstream G280 United States VIP transport 1[5]
Turbo Commander United States utility 2[1]
Helicopters
Bell UH-1 United States utility UH-1H 13[1]
Bell 205 United States utility 205A 8[1] 2 are Huey II standard
Bell 412 United States utility / VIP transport 412EP 8[6]
PZL W-3 Poland utility / SAR 5[1]
Sikorsky UH-60 United States utility / SAR S-70i/A-5 16[7][8] 32 S-70i on order[9][10]
Mil Mi-17 Russia utility / heavy transport Mi-171sh 17 Mi-171sh on order[11][12]
Sikorsky S-76 United States air ambulance 9[1]
MD 500 United States armed scout MD 520MG 24[1]
AgustaWestland AW109 Italy armed scout / utility AW109E 8[1]
Bell AH-1 United States attack AH-1S 2[13]
TAI T129 Turkey attack T129B 2 4 on order[14]
Trainer Aircraft
Cessna T-41 United States primary trainer T-41B 15[15]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Italy basic trainer / light attack SF.260TP 21[1]
SIAI-Marchetti S.211 Italy jet trainer / light attack AS-211 3[1]
UAV
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle United States surveillance ScanEagle II 10[16][17][18]
Hermes 450 Israel surveillance 4[19]
Hermes 900 Israel surveillance 9[19]

Army Aviation Regiment

See also: Philippine Army
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Cessna 206 United States Utility aircraft Standard 1 [20]
Cessna 172 United States Utility aircraft Cessna 172M 2 (PA-071 & PA-072)[20]
Cessna 150 United States Utility aircraft Cessna 150 1 (PA-911) [21]
Rotary-Wing Aircraft
Robinson R44 United States Trainer aircraft R44 Raven II 2 In service, serves as a trainer aircraft for the future acquisition of helicopters in the Army.[22]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Elbit Hermes 450 Israel Tactical long endurance UAV Hermes 450 (+4)[19] Acquired as tactical, medium altitude long endurance, Tier III UAV. Only 1 system made up of 4 UAVs and a ground control station.
Elbit Skylark 3 Israel Small long endurance UAV Skylark 3 - Acquired as a light, fixed-wing, Tier II UAV. Acquired under $USD180 million deal.[23]
Elbit Skylark I Israel Small hand-launched UAV Skylark I-LEX[24] - Acquired as a small, hand-launched, fixed-wing, Tier I UAV. Acquired under $USD180 million deal.[23]
Elbit Thor Israel Mini VTOL multirotor UAV (+1066) Acquired as a mini VTOL, multirotor, Tier I UAV. 533 systems made up of 2 UAV each. Acquired under deal with Elbit[25] under a $USD153 million deal.[26]
DJI Phantom series China Mini VTOL multirotor UAV Phantom 3 Professional
Phantom 4 		unknown Commercial drones bought off-the-shelf by Philippine Army units.[27]
Raptor and Knight Falcon Philippines Small UAV 2(+1)[28] The first drone is known as Raptor and the second drone is known as Knight Falcon while a third drone is still being made.[28][29] The Raptor is smaller and has less endurance than the Knight Falcon.

Naval Air Wing

See also: Philippine Navy
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Maritime patrol
Beechcraft King Air United States utility / patrol 5[1]
Britten-Norman BN-2 United Kingdom patrol / utility BN-2A 5[1]
Helicopters
AgustaWestland AW159 United Kingdom utility / ASW 2[1]
AgustaWestland AW109 Italy utility / SAR 5[1]
Trainer Aircraft
Cessna 172 United States trainer / light utility 4[30]
Robinson R44 United States rotorcaft trainer 3 on order[31]

Coast Guard Aviation Force

See also: Philippine Coast Guard
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
BN-2 Islander United Kingdom search and rescue BN-2A 2 Tail number: PCG–684 and PCG-251.
Cessna 208 Caravan United States search and rescue 208EX 1[32] 1 on order.[32]
Helicopters
MBB Bo 105 Germany search and rescue Bo 105C 1 1 of 2 grounded.[33]
Airbus H145 Germany search and rescue H145 2[34][35] 5 more units planned to be acquired to complete the Maritime Disaster Response Helicopter Acquisition Project of the PH Coast Guard which requires 7 multirole helicopters.[36]

See also

References

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