Philippine Military Aircrafts

[dandavix08]

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before their retirement

F-5s

unsa rason nahanaw ni sila sa paf inventory

[TheDoctor]

OT: Antonio M. Bautista

Antonio M. Bautista was a Filipino pilot of the Philippine Air Force.

Antonio "Tony" Bautista was a pilot of the Philippine Air Force and died in action. In the early '60s, known as the PAF's Glory Days, he was squadron commander to one of the PAF's aerial acrobatic teams, the Golden Sabres. His skills and sheer audacity with the F-86 Sabre jets, delighted fans and audiences anywhere his group put up an air show. He also became a member of the famed Blue Diamonds (aerobatic team), the Philippine's own International Aerial Acrobatic Team.









Antonio Bautista is most famous for his final flight on January 9, 1974. As Commander of the 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 5th Fighter Wing, he had already flown over 200 successful combat missions for the Air Force when his squadron was ordered to provide close air support to government ground forces engaged in anti-insurgent operations in Jolo. As was his nature, he personally led a fighter strike mission against a thousand armed insurgents, who had launched a fanatical attack against besieged government forces in Parang, Jolo.

In order to effectively break the spearhead of the rebel assault, Lt. Colonel Bautista had to fly his plane as close to the ground as possible to execute accurate and effective strafing attacks. He knew he risked being targeted by high-powered assault rifles, but with clinical precision be began his attack runs. With each pass he flew his F-86 Sabre Jet through a fusillade of hot lead. Ignoring the increasing number of warning lights blinking frantically on his instrument panel, Lt. Col Bautista continued his assault, sustaining more and more damage with each pass. Only after two effective bombing runs and five successful strafing passes had depleted his ammunition did he break off and try to save himself. He turned his burning plane toward friendly territory in Jolo.

Realizing he would never be able to land his plane, he flew his jet away from populated areas, radioed in his last position to the command base and finally ejected over a contingent of government troops just before his plane exploded in mid-air. Unfortunately, strong winds pushed his parachute back over enemy turf. Marine units were dispatched from the nearby airbase in a frenetic effort to mount a rescue. Lt. Colonel Bautista's last radio transmissions from the field reported that rebel forces had marked his area and were preparing to attack and overrun his position. Outnumbered and outgunned, Colonel Bautista never gave up and he engaged the rebel troops in a valiant gunfight. Government marine troops rushing to the scene could hear the gunfire and were a few hundred meters from Lt. Colonel Bautista's position when they heard the deafening silence. Moments later they arrived on the scene and secured Bautista's body.

For his uncommon bravery and tenacity in the face of overwhelming odds, the Armed Forces of the Philippines posthumously awarded Bautista the Distinguished Conduct Star on April 29, 1974. His widow Alice Jane Rigor received the awards on behalf of her fallen husband from then President, Ferdinand Marcos. In addition, the air base at Puerto Princesa, Palawan was named after him: Antonio Bautista Air Base; It is now home for the Air Force's 570th Composite Tactical Wing.

may pa panahon ni pres. marcos naka sabre jet na ang air force, 1st generation jet.
dapat unta ron naka 3rd or 4th generation jet na unta ang PAF.

[elvandesantos]

hopefully the "MAGIC 3" will be in effect when we already have the refurbished and the plan to acquire C-130, we badly needed this transport...

lagi sir. from my uncle whos a colonel.. he said transport is badly needed in mindanao area.

[noy.juan]

unsa rason nahanaw ni sila sa paf inventory

they are still in PAF inventory, they are just in-active, word from the inside is that PAF have issues on "metal fatigue"

@capt_star care to help on this issue, im pretty sure you familiar about this term...

Here's a quote from Comrade Manoski's site about the current status : HueyBravo.Net - Manokski's Orbat

15 (including 2 B models) are currently on strength. This includes aircraft delivered from South Korea, Taiwan (one F-5A was delivered to the PAF in exchange for one P-51 Mustang taken from the PAF museum) and the survivors from the original batch supplied by the United States. F-5s continue to be grounded though a limited number are maintained in flyable condition with engines and systems started up on a regular basis.

except for the starting their engine on regular basis last time i heard it was stop due budgetary constraints...

i will still try searching the discussions about the F5....

[noy.juan]

lagi sir. from my uncle whos a colonel.. he said transport is badly needed in mindanao area.

in every conflict its not the bombs that win the war its always the foot soldier,. except if you wipe out the entire city with one bomb!!

[noy.juan]

may pa panahon ni pres. marcos naka sabre jet na ang air force, 1st generation jet.
dapat unta ron naka 3rd or 4th generation jet na unta ang PAF.

because during marcos times, ang US ang nag-gasto sa operational cost sa ato airforce, when amirikans left subic thats the time that our PAF starts to dwindle...

[teoding]

we have 0 zeros. maybe you're referring to the T-34 mentors which were used for close air support

thanks for the info bro. or probably they were t-28 trojans.

[Kurtyui0p]

nys2..nindot2..hahaha

[elvandesantos]

im telling you guys. f5e's. pwede nah pang patrol sa skies!

[cptn_star]

they are still in PAF inventory, they are just in-active, word from the inside is that PAF have issues on "metal fatigue"

@capt_star care to help on this issue, im pretty sure you familiar about this term...

Here's a quote from Comrade Manoski's site about the current status : HueyBravo.Net - Manokski's Orbat



except for the starting their engine on regular basis last time i heard it was stop due budgetary constraints...

i will still try searching the discussions about the F5....

metal fatigue? hmhmh..lemme see..to keep things simple, we all know that the not-so-new and older aircraft are made of metal. mostly aluminum to be precise. those metal parts, especially the airframe and its subcomponents are progressively subjected to tensile stress and loads during flight. because of this, gradual deterioration occurs after thousands and thousands of hours of flight time and this deterioration leads to metal fatigue to stress-critical, load-bearing points of the aircraft. to make it much more simple, this can be called aircraft osteoporosis.