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Article: NO FIGHTER JETS UNTIL 2011: PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- November 24, 2005
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MANILA, Nov 24 Asia Pulse - The Philippines will have to make do without any air defense until 2011 when internal threats are hopefully addressed, the commander of the Philippine Air Force said Thursday.
"As of now, our thrust is to clear our internal security problems. Once we're finished, that's the time we move on to the acquisition of these high-value items," said Lt. Gen. Jose Reyes in a chance interview in Camp Aguinaldo.
"Fighter planes are very expensive. If you buy it, all of the resources of the military will be used up and we cannot afford that. At this time, we make do with what we have the S2-11 trainers," Reyes added.
In October, ...