Philippines can’t Match China’s Air Force, and DND Decision on the MRF Acquisition to be “very soon”

Philippines can’t Match China’s Air Force, and DND Decision on the MRF Acquisition to be “very soon” as per the Chief of the PAF

The Chief of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), Lieutenant General Arthur Cordova, recently told the Press that the PAF will not be able to match China's Air Force even after a couple of Decades, and that the Decision for their acquisition of Multi-Role Fighter (MRF) Aircraft will be made soon.

Quoting from him directly, "If we are comparing ourselves to the Threat in the Region, let’s say China, we cannot be at par with China even 10 to 20 Years from now, that’s the reality here. They will think twice if you have GBADS (Ground-based Air Defense System), if you have Shooters, if you have Multi-Role Fighters".

Regarding their MRF, he said, "it’s already waiting a decision from our Department (DND) and it will be very soon".

MY THOUGHTS:
I think it’s great that we have a PAF Chief that is pragmatic or realistic enough to admit our Limits as a Country, but I do feel a bit sorry for him now since I am almost sure that the Doggie “Arf-Arfs” of the United States (US) will start going after him for saying this.

The US and their Dogs want our Country to continuously hate China so we will willingly help in the Defense of Taiwan since the Philippines is the next nearest Country to Taiwan after China.

As per the 2025 World’s Air Forces List of the Flight Global Website, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China has 120 H-6 long-range Bomber Aircraft, 387 J-7 Fighter Bomber Aircraft, 319 Flanker-type Air Superiority Aircraft and another 246 J-10 Vigorous Dragon Multi-Role Aircraft in its Inventory.

As for the MRF Decision coming soon, that is very good News indeed, finally after at least a Decade or so of waiting, we will finally get it. And as I said before, I think it is believable this time around as I suspect that they are timing this so it will be included as an “Accomplishment” in Bong Bong Marcos’ (BBM) upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA), which will be at the end of next Month of July 2025.

SOURCES:
* https://malaya.com.ph/news/national-news/the-reality-is-ph-cant-match-chinas-air-force/
* https://edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=7bc72e1e-65fc-4001-b963-749509c821a0

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