The Philippine Air Force (PAF) inducted into service a recently acquired ex-US Air Force (USAF) Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules medium transport aircraft in a ceremony held on 18 February at the Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, Metropolitan Manila. The refurbished aircraft was commissioned in an "acceptance, turn-over, and blessing ceremony" that was presided over by Secretary of Defense Delfin Lorenzana. The C-130H (with tail number 5125), which had arrived in the Philippines on 29 January, is the first of two platforms of the type procured by the PAF under the US Excess Defense Articles Program. The second aircraft is expected to be delivered later this year.
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