The fallen pilots of the ill-fated Philippine Air Force (PAF) FA-50 PH fighter jet were honored by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday. This was after the wreckage and the pilots’ bodies were found in Bukidnon province in Mindanao.

MANILA: The remains of two pilots aboard a missing FA-50 fighter jet were found on Wednesday (March 5) inside the aircraft, which crashed in the Kalatungan mountain range in the Bukidnon province.

On Monday midnight, the FA-50 jet went incommunicado during the tactical mission alongside another Air Force aircraft before reaching a target area.

Philippine military officials say rescuers have found the wreckage of a missing fighter jet and the bodies of its two pilots in a mountainous region of a southern province where they were deployed to fight communist rebels.

A Philippine air force fighter jet with two pilots on board has gone missing during a night combat assault in support of ground forces who were battling insurgents in a southern province, and an extensive search is underway,

The Philippine Air Force said Tuesday that an FA-50 fighter jet and its crew went missing during an overnight operation near the central city of Cebu. The two-seater jet lost contact with other fighters on the training flight “minutes before reaching its target area”,

A Philippine fighter jet with two pilots on board has lost contact during a night combat assault in support of ground forces battling Communist insurgents in a southern province, and an extensive search is underway,

The plane lost contact with other military aircraft during an overnight assault against communist insurgents. View on euronews