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PAF fighter jet w/ 2 pilots goes missing
By J.Lo
“Our primary concern right now is safe return of our aircrew…we are hopeful of locating them and aircraft soon and ask you to join us in prayer during this critical time…further details will be provided once they are available,” Philippine Air Force (PAF) spokesperson Col. Ma. Consuelo Castillo said in statement search and possible recovery operations are underway after one of the FA-50 fighter jets of PAF went missing while on mission shortly after midnight.
Military aircraft had two pilots on board and was on tactical night operation in support of ground troops when it disappeared and eventually failed to return to Mactan Air Base in Cebu.
Castillo said FA-50 fighter jet “lost communication with rest of the flight involved in the mission minutes before reaching target area.”
According to her, other aircraft that was also part of operation repeatedly attempted to reestablish contact with missing aircraft until its return to Mactan.
Castillo said PAF is conducting extensive and thorough search operations, utilizing all available resources to locate missing fighter jet.
Speaking to reporters, she noted PAF cannot divulge any other information for the time being to ensure safety and security of ongoing operations, including ongoing search and possible recovery mission.
She acknowledged that this is first major incident involving military’s FA-50 fighter aircraft, adding that there are no orders yet to ground 11 other jets.
Castillo confirmed pilots have personal locator beams with them, adding that they cannot yet disclose tail number of missing aircraft.
“We are hopeful that we will still be able to recover…we are more concerned about safety of aircrew right now, and we are still very optimistic that they are safe,” Castillo said.
PAF currently has 12 FA-50 fighter jets valued at P18.8 billion that were acquired from South Korea’s Korea Aerospace Industries.
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