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The following is a list of active military aircraft of the Philippines.
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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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] |
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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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] |
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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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] |