DND clarifies points in Dulay’s ‘Gazmin’s plunderous blunder’

We would like to address the points raised by Atty. Dodo Dulay in his July 21, 2015, Flipside column entitled “Gazmin’s plunderous blunder”.

There is simply no truth to the allegations that the UH-1D choppers are “inoperable due to defects and missing parts”. All seven UH-1D helicopters that were accepted by the Philippine Air Force (PAF) flew to Camp Aguinaldo from different parts of the archipelago just for the flight demonstration, with some pulled out directly from combat zones. It is, therefore, preposterous to suggest that the UH-1D helicopters are not airworthy nor mission capable.