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Manila anticipates vanilla attack helicopters

25th May 2018 - 09:12 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Hong Kong

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Jordan is expected to donate a pair of second-hand Bell AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters to the Philippine Air Force (PAF), according to the Philippine News Agency.

In a brief story published on 22 May, the newswire service of the government quoted from President Rodrigo Duterte’s speech commemorating the 120th anniversary of the Philippine Navy: ‘Jordan is giving us two Cobra helicopters. Those things that we cannot really afford.’

However, in typical style, Duterte added, ‘I don’t know if I’m supposed to make it public…’ National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who was in Jordan at the time, is yet to

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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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