{"id":17787,"date":"2014-07-02T20:26:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T12:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2014-07-02T21:14:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T13:14:19","slug":"philippines-to-receive-first-batch-of-new-fighter-jets-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/07\/02\/philippines-to-receive-first-batch-of-new-fighter-jets-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines to receive first batch of new fighter jets next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17805\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1l-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17805\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1l-image.jpg\" alt=\"FA-50 multi-purpose fighter jet manufactured in Korea (Photo: http:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1l-image.jpg 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1l-image-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FA-50 multi-purpose fighter jet manufactured in Korea (Photo: http:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines\u00a0 \u2014 President Benigno Aquino III said two of 12 FA-50 multi-purpose fighter jets are expected to arrive in the country by next year; a long-overdue addition to the nation\u2019s ill-equipped military.<\/p>\n<p>The two jets, the first brand new ones in almost ten years to be purchased for the Philippine military, were ordered form a South Korean manufacturer. The remaining ten jets are expected to arrive over the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines is desperately trying to modernize and beef-up its military \u2013 considered one of Asia&#8217;s weakest \u2013 especially in light of escalating tensions with China as a result of territorial disputes in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>According to Aquino, the Philippines has lacked fighter jets for territorial defense since 2005, when a fleet of F-5 jets was retired from service. The purchase of new assault helicopters, long-range patrol aircraft and C130 cargo planes is expected to strengthen the ailing air force, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech at Clark Freeport, to mark the anniversary of the Philippine air force, Aquino lamented: \u201cIt&#8217;s saddening to think about the state of the air force that we inherited: Once regarded as among Asia&#8217;s strongest, the air force seemed to have failed to take off from decades of anomalies, abuse and neglect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aquino said with the acquisition of the FA-50s, &#8220;we can again defend our territory in a more effective way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The twelve FA-50 jets were purchase by the Philippine military from Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. in March, at a total of PHP 18.9 billion ($420 million.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines\u00a0 \u2014 President Benigno Aquino III said two of 12 FA-50 multi-purpose fighter jets are expected to arrive in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":17805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[6285,6286,2702],"class_list":["post-17787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-fa-50-multi-purpose-fighter-jets","tag-philippine-air-force","tag-philippine-military","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}