US offers to upgrade PH choppers

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

Oct 27, 2022 12:04 am

WASHINGTON D.C.: The United States government has offered to upgrade at least 12 of the 36 Sikorsky helicopters that the Philippines bought so that these can be used for disaster response, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said.

The money used to acquire heavy-lift Sikorsky choppers will come from the $100 million military grant from the US government, he said on Tuesday.

S-70i Black Hawk helicopter Photo courtesy of Sec. Delfin Lorenzana Facebook (File Photo)

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