To Whom It May Concern:
Buying an aircraft is not the issue why we can get them, is more on
CAN WE MAINTAIN IT?, even there are less corruption the
COST OWNERSHIP IS ALWAYS A FACTOR
the root word is
COST OF OWNERSHIP
our aircraft are old design, true, but most of them are already upgraded to the latest specs, like OV-10 its not the old OV-10 as we all knew it after Marsh Aviation upgraded it, or S211 is not old since it was already upraded to modern specs, our HUEY they are all been upgraded to the modern specs...
they are old YES, but still can kick ass.... our PAF air asset has maximum flight hours then after that off to the hangar for maintenance and upgrades...
and BTW, we didnt scrap our F5 the PAF just put it on an mothballed status, the state of PAF deteriorated when the American left the philippines an again salamat sa mga aquinos ug mga minnions niya
i dont know if PAF is following the magic "3", 1 is Active, 1 is Ready-Reserve and 1 is on Maintenance