MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Air Force has started training operators of an Israeli air missile system that it was expected to receive within 2021.
The first Missile System Officer Course started last March 1 at the Basa Air Base in Floridablanca town, Pampanga province, INQUIRER.net learned from a senior official privy to the training program.
A ceremony that marked the start of the program was led by Lt. Col. Generoso Bautista, group commander of the 960th Air and Missile Defense Group and Lt. Col. Emerson Bermeo, deputy group commander.
The training program sought to equip officers with skills and “operational knowledge to produce capable missile system officers to le…
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