List of equipment of the Philippine Air Force
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This is a list of equipment used by the Philippine Air Force (PAF), the branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that specializes in aerial warfare. It covers active equipment, such as aircraft, ordnances, air defenses, and retired aircraft inventory.
PAF has made use of its existing equipment to fulfill its mandate while modernization projects are underway. The Republic Act No. 7898 declares the policy of the State to modernize the military to a level where it can effectively and fully perform its constitutional mandate to uphold the sovereignty and preserve the patrimony of the republic. The law, as amended, has set conditions that should be satisfied when the defense department procures major equipment and weapon systems for the air force.
Aircraft
Air defense equipment
| Model | Origin | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface-to-Air Missile System | |||
| SPYDER | Israel | Surface-to-air missile system | Two batteries were inducted into service in November 2022. One more battery was delivered in November 2024. Each battery has 3 Missile Firing Units.[26][27] Mounted on board Tatra T815-7 truck chassis.[28] |
| Anti-aircraft guns | |||
| M39 cannon | United States | Revolver cannon | Towed anti-aircraft gun taken from the PAF's retired Northrop F-5 fighters. Some units were transferred to the Philippine Army. |
| Ground-based Radar | |||
| IAI Elta ELM-2288ER AD-STAR | Israel | Air surveillance radar | 3 fixed radar systems were delivered under the Air Surveillance Radar Phase 1 Project.[29] Installed at Paredes Air Station, Gozar Air Station, and Mount Salakot Air Station.[30] The ELM-2288ER AD-STAR radar system has the range of 480 kilometers. |
| IAI Elta ELM-2106NG ATAR | Israel | Air surveillance radar | 1 mobile radar system delivered free under the Air Surveillance Radar Phase 1 Project.[29] |
| Mitsubishi Electric J/FPS-3ME | Japan | Air surveillance radar | 3 fixed radar systems to be delivered under the Air Surveillance Radar Phase 2 Project.[31][32][33] The first unit was fully delivered in October 2023.[34] The first unit was turned over to the PAF on 20 December 2023, replacing the General Electric AN/FPS-6 installed at the Wallace Air Station.[35][36]The J/FPS-3ME has the range of 611 kilometres. |
| Mitsubishi Electric J/TPS-P14ME | Japan | Air surveillance radar | 1 mobile radar system delivered under the Air Surveillance Radar Phase 2 Project.[31][33] Mounted on board a Mitsubishi Fuso Canter chassis.[37][38] |
Armored vehicles
| Model | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armored personnel carriers | |||||
| Cadillac Gage Commando 4×4 | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | V-150 | unknown | Used for base defense.[39] |
| Kovico KMPV | Republic of Korea | Armored Tactical Vehicle | KMPV | - (+2) | Philippine Air Force will also get the South Korean-made KOVICO KMPV 4x4 mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicle, as it released a Notice of Award for 2 vehicles last December 2025. |
Ordnance
| Model | Origin | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air-to-air missile | |||
| AIM-9L/I-1 Sidewinder | United States | Short-range infrared missile | Mounted on the FA-50PH[40] |
| Air-to-surface missile and precision-guided munition | |||
| AGM-65G2 Maverick | United States | Infrared air-to-ground missile | Mounted on the FA-50PH[40] |
| Roketsan Cirit | Turkey | Air-to-surface, anti-armor missile | Mounted on the T129B[41][42] |
| Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket | Israel | Precision-guided munition | Test-buy for the AW109E and the A-29B.[43][44] |
| Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System | United States | Precision-guided munition | [44][45] |
| Surface-to-air missile | |||
| I-Derby MR | Israel | Medium-range missile | Used by the SPYDER-MR air defense system. The I-Derby has the range of 80 km (50 mi)[27][28] |
| Python-5 | Israel | Medium-range missile | Used by the SPYDER-MR air defense system. The Python-5 has the range of 40 km[27][28] |
| General-purpose bombs and rockets | |||
| Joint Direct Attack Munition | United States | Precision-guided munition | [46] |
| Lizard 4 | Israel | Precision-guided munition | Bought from Elbit Systems, currently used by the FA-50PH and the A-29B.[47][48] |
| GBU-12 Paveway II | United States | Laser-guided bomb | A Mark 82 bomb fitted with a paveway guidance kit.[49][50] |
| GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II | United States | Dual-mode GPS and laser-guided bomb | A GBU-12 Paveway II with an added GPS guidance.[49][50] |
| Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket | United States | Air-to-ground rocket | |
| Hydra 70 | United States | Air-to-ground rocket | |
| Zuni | United States | Air-to-ground rocket | |
| Mark 80 series | United States | General-purpose bomb | |
Gallery
An FA-50PH equipped with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided bombs, AGM-65G2 Maverick AGMs, and the AIM-9L/I-1 Sidewinder AAMs
Two FA-50PH fighter jets
EMB 314 Super Tucano
A PZL W-3 Sokół of the 505th Search and Rescue Group
A CASA NC-212i light transport aircraft approaching Clark International Airport
A pair of Lockheed C-130 Hercules at Villamor Air Base
SPYDER medium range air defence system
A M39 cannon platform being towed by a Kia KM450 light truck
The Philippine Air Force unveiled its new Air Surveillance Radar System (ASRS) during an Acceptance, Turnover, and Blessing Ceremony at Wallace Air Station in San Fernando City, La Union
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Retired aircraft
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| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Aircraft | ||||||
| P-51 Mustang | United States | Fighter | P-51D | 103[51] | in service from 1947-1980s. | |
| F-86 Sabre | United States | Fighter | F-86D / F-86F | 20 / 50[52] | in service 1957 - 1979 - replaced by the F-8 Crusader[53] | |
| Vought F-8 Crusader | United States | Fighter | F-8H | 25[54] | in service from 1977 to 1988.[55] | |
| Northrop F-5 | United States | Fighter | F-5A/B | 37[54] | in service from 1965 to 2005[56] | |
| Douglas AC-47 | United States | Ground attack / CAS | 12[57] | |||
| North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco | United States | Ground attack / CAS | OV-10A/C/M | 41 | ||
| Transport | ||||||
| Douglas C-47 | United States | Transport | 30[58] | |||
| Britten-Norman Islander | United Kingdom | Transport | 22[59] | licensed, produced by PADC[59] | ||
| C-123 Provider | United States | Transport | C-123K | 19[54] | in service from 1975 to 1980[53] | |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-2 | Canada | Utility / Transport | 25[54] | replaced by the BN-2A Islander in 1980[53] | ||
| Grumman HU-16 Albatross | United States | SAR / Utility | 10[54] | amphibious aircraft | ||
| Cessna 185 | United States | Light utility | 17[54] | |||
| Cessna 310 | United States | Light utility | 3[54] | |||
| Cessna O-1 | United States | Observation | 10[54] | |||
| Turbo Commander | United States | Utility | 690A | 2 | ||
| Helicopters | ||||||
| Sikorsky H-19 | United States | Utility / Transport | 7[54] | obtained in 1956 | ||
| Bell 47 | United States | Utility | 1[54] | |||
| Bell 214 | United States | Utility | 2[60] | |||
| Bell 212 | United States | VIP | 1[60] | replaced by the W-3 Sokół[61] | ||
| Sikorsky H-34 | United States | Utility | 2[62] | obtained in 1965 | ||
| MBB Bo 105 | Germany | Utility | 38[62] | transferred to the Navy[63] | ||
| Sikorsky S-62 | United States | VIP | 2[62] | |||
| Aérospatiale SA330 | France | Utility | SA330L | 2[64] | ||
| Hughes TH-55 | United States | Trainer | 2[54] | |||
| Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 | United States | Utility | 8[54] | |||
| Bell AH-1 Cobra | United States | Attack | AH-1S | 2 | ||
| Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
| Lockheed T-33 | United States | Trainer / Reconnaissance | T-33A/RT-33A | 25 / 2[54] | in service from 1955 to 1994 - replaced by the SIAI-Marchetti S.211 | |
| North American T-6 | United States | Trainer | T-6G | 38[54] | retired from service | |
| North American T-28 | United States | Trainer | T-28A/D | 20 / 24[54] | in service from 1970 until late 1992 | |
| Beechcraft T-34 | Japan | Trainer | T-34B | 36[54] | licensed, built by Fuji Industries | |