List of active military aircraft of the Philippines

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

Air Force
See also: Philippine Air Force

Current inventory
See also: List of aircraft of the Philippine Air Force
A KAI FA-50PH
A PZL W-3 Sokół of the 505th Search and Rescue Group
A S-70A-5 Presidential helicopter
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
KAI FA-50 Golden Eagle South Korea light fighter / LIFT FA-50PH 12[1]
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco United States Attack OV-10M 7[1] Upgraded to OV-10M with four-bladed propellers.[2]
Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano Brazil COIN / attack A-29B (+6)[1] 6 on order, 1st Quarter of 2020[1]
Transport
Gulfstream G280 United States VIP 1 on order[3]
Fokker F28 Netherlands VIP F28-3000 1[1]
Fokker F27 Netherlands Maritime Patrol F27-200 1[1]
CASA C-212 Spain Transport NC-212i-400 2[1]
CASA C-295 Spain Transport C-295M 4[1]
C-130 Hercules United States Transport C-130B
C-130H
C-130T		 1
1
2 (+2) [1]		 2 additional C-130 under US-EDCA.
GAF Nomad Australia Transport N-22B 3[1]
Turbo Commander United States ISTAR Commander 690B 2[1]
Cessna 208 Caravan United States ISTAR C-208B EX 2[1] Donated by US Department of State
Helicopters
Bell AH-1 United States Attack AH-1F 2
Bell 205 United States Utility 205A 8[1] 2 of which are Huey II standard[4]
Bell 412 United States VIP 412EP 7[1]
Bell UH-1 United States Utility UH-1H
UH-1D		 21
7[1]		 Only 7 UH-1D were delivered[5]
Sikorsky S-76 United States Air Ambulance S-76A+ 9[1]
Sikorsky UH-60 United States VIP S-70A-5 1[6][4]
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk United States utility S-70i 16 on order[7]
MD 500 Defender United States armed scout MD 520N 25[1]
AgustaWestland AW109 Italy armed scout / utility 8[1]
MD 500 Defender United States Armed Scout MD 520N 25[1]
PZL W-3 Poland Combat Search and Rescue SW-3A 6[1] operated by the 505th SAR Group.[8]
AgustaWestland AW109 Italy Armed Scout AW-109E 8[1]
Trainer Aircraft
SIAI-Marchetti S.211 Italy Advanced trainer AS-211A 3[1]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Italy Basic Trainer SF-260TP[9] 21[1]
Cessna T-41 Mescalero United States Primary Pilot Trainer T-41B
T-41D		 15
14		 First entered service in 1968 with 20 aircraft delivered from the US, 5 more were acquired in 1998, and another 2 in 2004, this amounts to 27 units in total.[10]. Over the years, only 14 of the 27 Aircraft remained in service. Later in 2009, an additional fifteen aircraft of the T-41B variant came from South Korea[11][12]
UAV
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle United States Surveillance ScanEagle II 6 system (+8)[13][14]
Elbit Hermes 450 Israel Long-Endurance Surveillance Hermes 450 (+4 UAVs) 1 System[15]
Elbit Hermes 900 Israel Long-Endurance Surveillance Hermes 900 (+9 UAVs) 3 Systems[15]
Surface-to-air missile
SPYDER Israel Medium Range Air Defense System SPYDER-MR (+3 Batteries) [16]

Army
See also: Philippine Army
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Cessna 206United StatesUtility aircraftStandard1[17]
Cessna 172United StatesUtility aircraftCessna 172M2(PA-071 & PA-072) [17]
Cessna 150United StatesUtility aircraftCessna 1501(PA-911) [18]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
DJI Phantom seriesChinaMiniature UAVPhantom 3 Professional
Phantom 4		unknownCommercial drones bought off-the-shelf by Philippine Army units.[19]
Raptor and Knight FalconPhilippinesMiniature UAV3[20]The first drone is known as Raptor and the second drone is known as Knight Falcon while a third drone is still being made.[20][21] The Raptor is smaller and has less endurance than the Knight Falcon.
See also: Philippine Navy
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
Beechcraft King Air United States Maritime patrol C-90B 5 Former JMSDF trainers transferred to the Naval Air Group as Maritime patrol aircraft with 4 Units with ISR capability and 1 Unit as Cargo
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander United Kingdom Maritime patrol / Light transport BN-2A 5[22] more stored awaiting re-activation. Assembled in the Philippines
Cessna 172 Sky hawk United States Maritime patrol / Light transport Cessna 172M 3
Helicopters
Leonardo AW159 Wildcat United Kingdom Anti-Submarine Warfare AW159 2 Delivered On May 7, 2019
AgustaWestland AW109 Italy Multi-purpose naval helicopter AW109E Power 5 3 out of 5 choppers are armed with FN Herstal Rocket Machine Gun Pods (FN RMPs) on both sides.[23]
MBB Bo 105 Germany Utility helicopter Bo 105C 3[22] more stored awaiting re-activation
Robinson R22 United States Training helicopter R22 Beta II[24] 2[24]

Coast Guard
See also: Philippine Coast Guard
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander United Kingdom Search and Rescue BN-2A 2 1 Unit Ex-PNP SAF
Helicopters
MBB Bo 105 Germany Search and Rescue BO-105C 1 1 of 2 grounded . 1 Unit Ex-PNP SAF[25]
Eurocopter EC145 Germany Search and Rescue H145 2[26] 1 Delivered. 1 Pending Delivery.

See also
  • List of former aircraft of the Philippine Air Force

References
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  2. "North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco Observation / Light Attack Aircraft (1966)". www.MilitaryFactory.com. Military Factory. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. "What it cost the Philippine Air Force to get a Gulfstream G280". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. "Arms Transfers Database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
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  6. "250th Presidential Airlift Wing". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  7. https://www.adas.ph/2019/06/06/philippines-orders-16-sikorsky-s-70i-black-hawk-utility-helicopters-2/
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  10. http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php
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  12. http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics1_aug15_2008
  13. "US delivers ScanEagle UAS to Philippine Air Force". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  14. "PH to aquire 8 more scaneagle". Businessmirror.ph. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  15. "PH receives UAVs from Israel". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  16. "Philippines Confirms Spyder Mobile Air Defense System Procurement Plans". defense aerospace.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  17. "Defense system by the numbers". The GUIDON. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  18. "Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light... - Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light Armor Division, Philippine Army - Facebook". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  19. Luna, Thomas (2017-07-17). "DJI DRONES ARE GETTING SHOT DOWN IN THE BATTLE OF MARAWI". WeTalkUAV. WeTalkUAV. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  20. Mangosing, Frances (19 December 2013). "PH Army displays drones to public". INQUIRER.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  21. Romero, Alexis (21 December 2013). "Gov't used drones vs MNLF in Zambo siege". philSTAR.com. The Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  22. "World Air Forces 2014" (PDF). Flightglobal Insight. 2014. p. 23. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  23. "PH Navy christens 2 brand new choppers, 2 supply ships". Rappler. August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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