List of active military aircraft of the Philippines

Defense aviation fleet for the Southeast Asian country

The following is a list of active military aircraft of the Philippines.

Air Force

Main article: List of equipment of the Philippine Air Force § Current inventory See also: Philippine Air Force

Army Aviation Regiment

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Short 330	United Kingdom	Utility aircraft		1
Cessna 206	United States	utility		1
Cessna 172	United States	utility	172M	2	(PA-071 & PA-072)
Cessna 150	United States	utility	150	1	(PA-911)
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.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Hermes 450	Israel	tactical UAV		(+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 Skylark 3	-	Tier I UAV. Acquired under USD180 million deal. Tier II UAV. Acquired under USD180 million deal.
Thor	Israel	VTOL UAV		(+1066)	Tier I UAV. 533 systems made up of 2 UAV each. Acquired under deal with Elbit under a USD153 million deal.
DJI Phantom	China	VTOL UAV	Phantom 3 Professional Phantom 4	unknown	Commercial drones bought off-the-shelf by Philippine Army units.
Raptor Knight Falcon	Philippines	miniature UAV		2(+1)	The first drone, it is smaller and has less endurance than the Knight Falcon. The second drone. A third unnamed drone is in the works.

Naval Air Wing

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Maritime patrol
Beechcraft King Air	United States	utility / patrol	TC-90	5	ex-JMSDF
Britten-Norman BN-2	United Kingdom	patrol / utility	BN-2A	5
Helicopters
Leonardo AW159	United Kingdom	utility / ASW		2
AgustaWestland AW109	Italy	utility / SAR		5
Trainer Aircraft
Cessna 172	United States	trainer / light utility		4
Robinson R44	United States	rotorcaft trainer			3 on order

Coast Guard Aviation Force

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
BN-2 Islander	United Kingdom	SAR	BN-2A	2
Cessna 208 Caravan	United States	SAR	208EX	1	1 on order.
Helicopters
MBB Bo 105	Germany	SAR	Bo 105C	1	1 of 2 grounded.
Airbus H145	Germany	SAR	H145	2	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.

References

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"Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light... - Army Aviation "Bagwis" Battalion, Light Armor Division, Philippine Army - Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
"Philippine Army commissions two R44 Raven lightweight training helicopters".
"Philippine Air Force receives full delivery of Hermes 900, Hermes 450 UAVs: report". Israel Defense. September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
"C4ISTAR - Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (Horizon 2) Acquisition Project of the Philippine Army". PH Defense Resource. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
^ "Elbit nears $180m Philippines drone deal". Globes. 13 June 2019.
"Philippine Army to Receive More UAVs, Upgraded APCs from Elbit". 23 June 2019.
"Indo Pacific UAV Directory 2021". Asian Military Review. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
Luna, Thomas (2017-07-17). "DJI DRONES ARE GETTING SHOT DOWN IN THE BATTLE OF MARAWI". WeTalkUAV. WeTalkUAV. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
^ Mangosing, Frances (19 December 2013). "PH Army displays drones to public". INQUIRER.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ Romero, Alexis (21 December 2013). "Gov't used drones vs MNLF in Zambo siege". philSTAR.com. The Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ "World Air Forces 2022". Flightglobal Insight. 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "United States Turns Over Four Cessna Planes to Philippine Navy". U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
^ "Philippine Coast Guard Cessna Caravan delivered". Scramble (NL). 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
"Phl beefing up sea patrol assets". Philstar. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
"PCG gets 2 new rescue choppers". Philippine News Agency.
"Philippine Coast Guard becomes Philippines' first H145 operator for parapublic missions". Airbus. September 26, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
"PCG - Foreign Assisted Projects".

External links

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Lists of aircraft

By name
pre-1914 0–Ah Ai–Am An–Az B–Be Bf–Bo Br–Bz C–Cc Cd–Cn Co–Cz D E F G–Gn Go–Gz H I J K La–Lh Li–Lz M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Gliders List of human-powered aircraft List of unmanned aerial vehicle

Civil aircraft

By characteristic

Type	Aerobatic Bush planes Electric aircraft Flying wings Gliders Human-powered Prone-pilot Rocket-powered Flying boats and floatplanes STOL Supersonic Trimotors Triplanes Unmanned VTOL
Fuselage	Double-deck Narrow-body Wide-body
Weight Size	Maximum takeoff weight Light aircraft very light jets Large aircraft
Manufacturer	Airbus Antonov Boeing Bombardier Douglas / McDonnell Douglas Embraer Ilyushin Tupolev
Engine number	Twinjets Trijets Trimotors Four-engined jet aircraft
Range	Jet airliners Regional airliners
Use	Racers Regional airliner regional jet
Research	Early flying machines Experimental X-planes
Rotor-powered	Rotorcraft utility Tiltrotors
Executive Private	Business jets Light-sport aircraft Flying car

Other lists
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