The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday announced that its newly acquired air asset, a Piper PA-31 Navajo, would be used for Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) flights over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In a statement, the PCG also said that four of their new pilots have completed their transition training enabling them to command the Piper PA-31 Navajo that has tail number PCG-221. The Coast Guard said the integration of PCG-221 into their Coast Guard Aviation Command (CGAvCom) fleet further enhances the maritime agency’s mission readiness capability, especially amid the rising tensions in the WPS.

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