casey Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 The Philippine military yesterday signed a pact with the US Navy to buy two secondhand C-130 transport planes to boost its capability to fan out quickly for territorial defence and humanitarian operations.Washington has been helping develop the military capability of its former colony in the face of serious security challenges in the South China Sea, as China steps up its presence in disputed areas.China claims almost all of the sea, believed to be rich in mineral and oil-and-gas deposits.Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines also have claims on the waters.The transport planes, to be delivered early next year, will take to five the number of mission-ready C-130s.View original article: http://miragec14.blogspot.com/2015/0...transport.html This article was originally published in forum thread: C-130 News: Philippines to buy two C-130 transport planes from US Navy started by Casey View original post Categories: C-130 News Archive View full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Marden Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Looks like 163022 c/n 5040 is one of them:http://manila.usembassy.gov/press-ph...-aircraft.htmlAndy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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