DAVAO CITY—The co-pilot of the ill-fated C-130 Hercules aircraft that crashed on July 4 in Barangay Bangkal, Jolo, Sulu, was given a 21-gun salute, when his remains were laid to rest past noon Tuesday in this city.
First Lt. Karl Joseph Hintay of the 220th AirLift Wing based in Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan, Cebu, was accorded military honors when he was interred Tuesday at the Forest Lake Memorial Park in Barangay Maa here.
The 25-year old co-pilot, who once gave up his dream to be a doctor to join the Philippine Military Academy, belonged to the PMA Class 2017 and spent the last four years with the Philippine Air Force (PAF).
He was one of the 49 soldiers who died when…
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