2 JMSDF TC-90s Aircraft to be Delivered Next Month
2 JMSDF TC-90s Aircraft to be Delivered Next Month 23 Februari 2017 JMSDF TC-90 aircraft (photo : Peter Steelhouwer) 2 JMSDF TC-90s aircraft to be delivered on March 27 MANILA, Feb. 23 (PNA) -- The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) will deliver two of the five leased turbo-prop TC-90 aircraft to the Philippine Navy"s (PN) Sangley Point air facility on March 27. This was confirmed by Navy spokesperson Capt. Lued Lincuna in an interview Thursday. The aircraft will be delivered to the country by JMSDF pilots and will be formally transferred to the Navy on the same day. Lincuna said the remaining three TC-90s will be transferred to the Navy before the end of the year. He added that the TC-90s will be used to augment the existing Norman-Britten BN-2 Islander fleet, which the Navy uses in patrol, surveillance and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) and rapid assessment missions. Last November, two PN pilots and six air crews left for Japan to start their TC-90 fli...