U.S. military impressed with FA-50PH’s performance during Balikatan 2016

Spokesman for the Philippine Air Force, Col. Araus Roberto Musico, told state news agency PNA that the U.S. military was impressed with the performance of the FA-50PH during exercise Balikatan 2016.

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“The combined flight exercise involved interception simulation where our FA-50 jets flew against other fighter jets acting as aggressors (two Hawker Hunters served that part) because of sophisticated navigation and detection equipment, our FA-50s were able to easily spot and intercept the aggressors with the assistance of AWACS (airborne warning and control system) serving as airborne controllers,” he added.