{"id":108281,"date":"2017-07-26T04:06:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T08:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=108281"},"modified":"2017-07-26T04:06:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T08:06:39","slug":"us-donated-isr-aircraft-to-help-patrol-vast-ph-waters-afp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/07\/26\/us-donated-isr-aircraft-to-help-patrol-vast-ph-waters-afp\/","title":{"rendered":"US donated ISR aircraft to help patrol vast PH waters &#8211; AFP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_108285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108285\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AFP-GHQ-BNB-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108285\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AFP-GHQ-BNB-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will use the two US donated Cessna 208B &quot;Caravan&quot; aircraft, which are fitted with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), to patrol the country's vast maritime domains and borders. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AFP-GHQ-BNB-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AFP-GHQ-BNB-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will use the two US donated Cessna 208B &#8220;Caravan&#8221; aircraft, which are fitted with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), to patrol the country&#8217;s vast maritime domains and borders. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, July 26 &#8211; The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will use the two US donated Cessna 208B &#8220;Caravan&#8221; aircraft, which are fitted with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), to patrol the country&#8217;s vast maritime domains and borders, AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restito Padilla said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Padilla said the ISR aircraft could also conduct photo-recon missions along the country&#8217;s coastal zones.<\/p>\n<p>Padilla said the two planes, which will be formally turned over by the US government to the Philippines Thursday, were part of America&#8217;s Maritime Security Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is expected to be in the hand-over ceremony in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City along with US Ambassador Sung Kim.<\/p>\n<p>The Cessna 208B will also give the AFP the capability to detect ships and other craft intruding into the country&#8217;s territorial waters quickly.<\/p>\n<p>It can also be used to track down or locate lawless elements attempting to infiltrate in the Philippines&#8217; southern maritime borders.<\/p>\n<p>The Cessna 208B has a cruising speed of around 170 knots and has a range of over 1,000 nautical miles and capable of transporting eight to nine persons, including the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Minus the ISR equipment and avionics, each of the aircraft is worth about USD2 milllion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, July 26 &#8211; The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will use the two US donated Cessna 208B &#8220;Caravan&#8221; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":108285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95,17],"tags":[3244,19836,19835,19837,7338,17257,19838],"class_list":["post-108281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","category-news-w","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines","tag-brig-gen-restito-padilla","tag-cessna-208b-caravan-aircraft","tag-isr-aircraft","tag-pasay-city","tag-us-ambassador-sung-kim","tag-villamor-air-base","mauthors-priam-f-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}