2 trainer aircraft on lease from Japan delivered to Philippines

2 trainer aircraft on lease from Japan delivered to Philippines

CAVITE, Philippines, March 27 Kyodo - Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (4th from L) and Kenji Wakamiya (3rd from L), Japanese senior vice defense minister, shake hands during a ceremony in front of two TC-90 trainer aircraft at a naval base in Cavite Province, south of Manila, on March 27, 2017. Two of the five aircraft on lease from Japan for use in maritime patrols were formally received by the Philippines, with the planes set to serve under the Southeast Asian country's armed forces over the following five years.

MSDF trainer landing failure

MATSUSHIGE, Japan Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 3, 2021, shows a TC-90 Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force trainer on a runway at Tokushima airport in Matsushige in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, following a landing failure. Neither of the two people aboard the plane was injured in the incident caused by a punctured tire.

Japan, Philippines agree on lease of MSDF training aircraft

Japan, Philippines agree on lease of MSDF training aircraft

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets with reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on May 2, 2016, following telephone talks with Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin. They agreed on the leasing of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force TC-90 training aircraft to the Philippines amid China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

MSDF trainer landing failure

MSDF trainer landing failure

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 3, 2021, shows a TC-90 Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force trainer on a runway at Tokushima airport in Matsushige in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, following a landing failure. Neither of the two people aboard the plane was injured in the incident caused by a punctured tire.

MSDF trainer landing failure

MSDF trainer landing failure

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 3, 2021, shows a TC-90 Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force trainer on a runway at Tokushima airport in Matsushige in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, following a landing failure. Neither of the two people aboard the plane was injured in the incident caused by a punctured tire.

MSDF trainer landing failure

MSDF trainer landing failure

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 3, 2021, shows a TC-90 Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force trainer on a runway at Tokushima airport in Matsushige in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, following a landing failure. Neither of the two people aboard the plane was injured in the incident caused by a punctured tire.

MSDF trainer landing failure

MSDF trainer landing failure

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 3, 2021, shows a TC-90 Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force trainer on a runway at Tokushima airport in Matsushige in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, following a landing failure. Neither of the two people aboard the plane was injured in the incident caused by a punctured tire.

2 trainer aircraft on lease from Japan delivered to Philippines

2 trainer aircraft on lease from Japan delivered to Philippines

Two TC-90 trainer aircraft are lined up at a naval base in Cavite Province, south of Manila, on March 27, 2017. Two of the five aircraft on lease from Japan for use in maritime patrols were formally received by the Philippines the same day, with the planes set to serve under the Southeast Asian country's armed forces over the following five years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo