Published on Aug 9, 2017MANILA: 

The Philippines on Friday signed contracts worth $527 million to buy 12 fighter jets from South Korea and four combat utility helicopters from Canada to boost the capability of its air force, one of the weakest in Southeast Asia. Armed forces chief of staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista signed a contract with Korean Aerospace Industries for 12 FA-50 fighters worth 18.9 billion pesos ($420.4 million) and another with Canadian Commercial Corp. for four Bell 412 combat utility helicopters worth 4.8 billion pesos ($106.8 million). Deliveries will start next year.The fighter jets contract is the biggest deal so far signed under the military’s long-delayed modernization program.The signings come amid tensions with China in the South China Sea.“With the eventual delivery and acquisition of these new air assets, our air force can already forget the lingering naughty joke that it is all air without force,” said Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, who witnessed the signings.The FA-50s serve as jet trainers, lead-in fighters and multipurpose fighters, according to Korean Aerospace Industries’ president and chief executive officer, Ha Sung Yong.

필리핀은 지난 금요일(8월4일 추정) 동남아시아의 취약점인 공군력강화를 위하여 한국의 12대의 파이터제트와 캐나다의 전투헬기 4대 구매를 위한 5억2천7백만불의 계약에 싸인을 했다.

4억2천만불은 한국 12대의 파이터제트, 1억 6백만불은 캐나다 4대의 헬리콥터이며, 

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