U.S. Approves More F-16s, Munitions For Philippines

hegseth with philippines armed forces chief of staff

The FMS approval comes just days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, seen here with Chief of Staff of the Philippine Armed Forces Gen. Romeo Brawner, Jr., visited the country.

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SINGAPORE—The U.S. State Department has expanded its Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D Blk. 70/72 package to the Philippines, as it hopes to secure a deal in Southeast Asia. Building on a 2021 foreign military sale (FMS) package, the latest document released April 1 saw the addition of six F-16 C Blk. 70/72s...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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