PHOTO RELEASE NO. 40-2021

Deputy Consul General Angelica C. Escalona welcomed Lieutenant General Allen T. Paredes, Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), at the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu on 2 September 2021.  Lieutenant General Paredes visited Hawaii to attend the Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 (PACS21) recently hosted by the U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).  The annual symposium provides an opportunity for air chiefs to articulate common regional challenges and goals as well as increase interoperability with allies and partners.    

Deputy Consul General Escalona and AFP Assistant Liaison Officer to the INDOPACOM Colonel Vince DG Bantilan (left) discussed developments in the Philippines and Philippines-U.S. military to military cooperation with Lieutenant General Paredes and Colonel Joseph P. Archog, Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Plans A-5, PAF.

(Left to right) AFP Assistant Liaison Officer to the INDOPACOM Colonel Vince DG Bantilan, Deputy Consul General Angelica C. Escalona, PAF Commanding General Lieutenant General Allen T. Paredes and PAF Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Plans Colonel Joseph P. Archog