Flight Plan Vision: A More Capable and Credible Air Force Responsive to National Security and Development

PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE

AIR LOGISTICS COMMAND
AIR FORCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTCENTER
Clark Air Base, Mabalacat City, Pampanga

06 December 2022

DR. ENRICO C. PARINGIT

Executive Director, DOST-PCIEERD
Gen. Santos Av., Bicutan, Taguig City

Dear Dr. Paringit,

Greetings!

The Air Force Research and Development Center (AFRDC), the research arm of the Philippine Air Force
(PAF), is actively engaging with R&D stakeholders with the assistance of DOST, to explore technologies
on engineering materials of various applications.

The recent meeting regarding on the possible transfer of fund of the allocated budget to AFRDC for year
1 with Prof. Eduardo R. Magdaluyo, Jr. of UP-Diliman, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials
Engineering, together with the Division Chiefs of Emerging Technology Development Division, and
Finance and Accounting Division, and with other concerned PAF staff offices was conducted last 05
December 2022.

In line with this meeting, the concern about the cause of delay on the processing of AFRDC allocated
fund from the Headquarters Philippine Air Force was brought out. AFRDC is a unit under Air Logistics
Command (ALC), ALC is a command under Headquarters Philippine Air Force (HPAF). A request must
be coordinated and validated first on the command level, then once approved, it will be on its way to the
Staff level at the HPAF, and then it will be endorsed to the Commanding General, PAF to get its
approval. Once there is a missing documents/attachments or question regarding on the validity/concepts
of this certain request, it will be returned back to the requestee and the process just repeats itself.

In line with the result of the discussions on the conducted meeting, AFRDC sincerely would like to
request to return the unexpended Year 1 AFRDC allocated Equipment Outlay fund back to DOST
PCIEERD and recommended for the DOST PCIEERD to transfer it to UP-DMME. All unexpended
balance from AFRDC PS and MOOE fund (except the three months’ salary of Science Research
Specialist 1 position paid thru internal funds of AFRDC) will be carried over to Year 2.

We are looking forward to this consideration. Thank you very much.

GIEMEL O ESPINO
Colonel PAF(MNSA)
Commanding Officer