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Palace: F-16 jet purchase not against any country
The Philippine Star
|April 08, 2025
The acquisition of F-16 fighter jets from the United States is part of the ongoing modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and is not directed against any particular country, Malacañang maintained yesterday.
This was the response of Presidential Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro, when asked to comment on Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez's remarks, that China's growing assertiveness and maritime expansion are considered in modernizing the AFP and acquiring F-16 fighter jets and other equipment.
Castro said the AFP modernization has been around for a long time, adding the country's purchase of the US jets, while it has an ongoing issue with another country, was a "coincidence."
"The modernization of our military is only appropriate...it does not target any country," Castro said at a press briefing.
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