CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City - The Armed Forces of the Philippines is all set to join the 125th Independence Day Celebration tomorrow, June 12, with its modern firepower and assets joining the marquee parade as a show of enhanced territorial defense capability by the military.
Four ground-based air defense systems surface-to-air missiles, two Autonomous Truck-Mounted Howitzer System 155mm self-propelled artillery will feature in the civic-military parade, while two A-29B Super Tucano, one AH-1S Cobra attack helicopter, two Blackhawks, and two AW-109 naval helicopters will take the skies.
A total of 34 motorized/mechanized assets will join a division-size marching troops while 26 aircraft will cruise over Manila as part of the fly-by contingent.
Following the theme, “Kalayaan, Kinabukasan, Kasaysayan," the AFP aims to highlight its gains in its modernization and transformation programs and its enhanced capability and capacity to defend national sovereignty and territory as it shifts from its internal security priorities.
