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

Air Force

Main article: List of equipment of the Philippine Air Force § Current inventory

See also: Philippine Air Force

Army Aviation Regiment

See also: Philippine Army
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Short 330 United Kingdom Utility aircraft 1
Cessna 206 United States utility 1 [1]
Cessna 172 United States utility 172M 2 (PA-071 & PA-072)[1]
Cessna 150 United States utility 150 1 (PA-911) [2]
Rotary-Wing Aircraft
MBB Bo 105 Germany Utility helicopter Bo-105 4 t/n 203 donated by Manny V. Pangilinan, to be used to prepare for larger helicopters. t/n 224 donated by Dornier Technologies in October 2022. t/n 222 and 223 are also donated by still unidentified groups.
Robinson R44 United States trainer R44 Raven II 2 Serves as a trainer aircraft for the future acquisition of helicopters in the Army.[3]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Hermes 450 Israel tactical UAV (+4)[4] Tier III UAV. Only 1 system made up of 4 UAVs and a ground control station.
Skylark Israel hand-launched UAV
catapult-launched UAV 		Skylark I-LEX[5]
Skylark 3 		- Tier I UAV. Acquired under USD180 million deal.[6]
Tier II UAV. Acquired under USD180 million deal.[6]
Thor Israel VTOL UAV (+1066) Tier I UAV. 533 systems made up of 2 UAV each. Acquired under deal with Elbit[7] under a USD153 million deal.[8]
DJI Phantom China VTOL UAV Phantom 3 Professional
Phantom 4 		unknown Commercial drones bought off-the-shelf by Philippine Army units.[9]
Raptor
Knight Falcon 		Philippines miniature UAV 2(+1)[10] The first drone, it is smaller and has less endurance than the Knight Falcon.[11]
The second drone. A third unnamed drone is in the works.[10][11]

Naval Air Wing

See also: Philippine Navy
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Maritime patrol
Beechcraft King Air United States utility / patrol TC-90 5[12] ex-JMSDF
Britten-Norman BN-2 United Kingdom patrol / utility BN-2A 5[12]
Helicopters
Leonardo AW159 United Kingdom utility / ASW 2[12]
AgustaWestland AW109 Italy utility / SAR 5[12]
Trainer Aircraft
Cessna 172 United States trainer / light utility 4[13]
Robinson R44 United States rotorcaft trainer 3 on order[13]

Coast Guard Aviation Force

See also: Philippine Coast Guard
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
BN-2 Islander United Kingdom SAR BN-2A 2
Cessna 208 Caravan United States SAR 208EX 1[14] 1 on order.[14]
Helicopters
MBB Bo 105 Germany SAR Bo 105C 1 1 of 2 grounded.[15]
Airbus H145 Germany SAR H145 2[16][17] 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.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Defense system by the numbers". The GUIDON. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light... - Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light Armor Division, Philippine Army - Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Philippine Army commissions two R44 Raven lightweight training helicopters".
  4. ^ "Philippine Air Force receives full delivery of Hermes 900, Hermes 450 UAVs: report". Israel Defense. September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "C4ISTAR - Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (Horizon 2) Acquisition Project of the Philippine Army". PH Defense Resource. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Elbit nears $180m Philippines drone deal". Globes. 13 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Philippine Army to Receive More UAVs, Upgraded APCs from Elbit". 23 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Indo Pacific UAV Directory 2021". Asian Military Review. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  9. ^ Luna, Thomas (2017-07-17). "DJI DRONES ARE GETTING SHOT DOWN IN THE BATTLE OF MARAWI". WeTalkUAV. WeTalkUAV. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  10. ^ a b Mangosing, Frances (19 December 2013). "PH Army displays drones to public". INQUIRER.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  11. ^ a b Romero, Alexis (21 December 2013). "Gov't used drones vs MNLF in Zambo siege". philSTAR.com. The Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  12. ^ a b c d "World Air Forces 2022". Flightglobal Insight. 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  13. ^ a b "United States Turns Over Four Cessna Planes to Philippine Navy". U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  14. ^ a b "Philippine Coast Guard Cessna Caravan delivered". Scramble (NL). 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  15. ^ "Phl beefing up sea patrol assets". Philstar. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  16. ^ "PCG gets 2 new rescue choppers". Philippine News Agency.
  17. ^ "Philippine Coast Guard becomes Philippines' first H145 operator for parapublic missions". Airbus. September 26, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  18. ^ "PCG - Foreign Assisted Projects".

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