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Sunday, October 02, 2005

F-5 takes last flight; RP external air defense down and out
Retired PAF Brig. Gen. Angel Okol Jr., who was the first to fly the F-5 for the Philippine Air Force in 1965, witness the retirement of the fighters at Basa Air Base.

The F-5 last flew in 2002 when an F-5 crashed during an exercise. The rest of the fleet had been grounded since then.

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