AFP gets P4.7B from camps’ conversion

The sale of military camps has injected some P4.7 billion into the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ modernization program, resulting in the completion of 43 projects.

The P4.7 billion remitted by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority represented the AFP’s share in the proceeds of the conversion of former military bases to commercial use.

Of the 43 projects completed, 19 are already being used by military units.

As a result, 1,621 night fighting system units and six armored personnel carriers M-113 have been delivered to the Philippine Army; 18 basic trainer aircraft and one aerial camera to the Philippine Air Force; and two multipurpose attack craft, four landing craft utility and 76-mm ammunition to the Philippine Navy.

A total of 402 squad automatic weapon units have also been delivered to the Army, Navy and Air Force as well as 8,100 force protection equipment for the Army and Navy.

The AFP general headquarters also now has an integrated radio tracking system, a base communication network project, mobile communication network and special operations communication equipment. Dona Z. Pazzibugan