The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has picked Turkey as its supplier of attack helicopters while the United States would supply utility helicopters, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday.

Lorenzana said the technical working group (TWG) of the Air Force has recommended Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk transport helicopters from the US instead of Canada, which had scrapped a chopper deal.

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