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00:00When the C295 aircraft of the Philippine Air Force was on board, Defense Secretary Gilbert Chudoro Jr. visited Lumia Air Base in Cagande, Oro.
00:10He was accompanied by AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Browner Jr.
00:14According to him, the development of the airbase is being accelerated and it is planned to be completed by 2026.
00:20We will pass the development here because the 15th Strike Wing needs to move here.
00:26This is the home of the 15th Strike Wing.
00:28It will be the maintenance base of the 15th Strike Wing.
00:32It will be the training base of the 15th Strike Wing.
00:36And their assets will be housed here.
00:40Aside from being the base of the 15th Strike Wing, an attack unit of the Air Force,
00:44it will also be the center of the disaster response of Northern Mindanao
00:48along with the proposed naval base in Tagoloan, Misamis, Oriental.
00:52One of the five original Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement or EDCA sites is also located in Lumia.
00:58It will serve as storage for the equipment and supplies of the American forces
01:02in case they need to help with the disaster response in the Philippines.
01:06There are things being done in the airbase as part of the EDCA.
01:10Like this, it will be part of the air traffic control that is being upgraded now.
01:14The EDCA site is also the runway.
01:16While it will be the Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response of HADR Warehouse,
01:20it will be part of the land on the side of the runway.
01:23Although it is part of the EDCA site here in the Philippines,
01:26the Department of National Defense will clarify that it will remain owned by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
01:33Aside from the Lumia Airbase, the development of the eight EDCA sites is also underway.
01:38In some EDCA sites, there is a problem with the title, there is a problem with the papers that need to be fixed.
01:45Chudoro also answered if China has a reaction to EDCA sites.
01:48We don't care. Don't listen to China.
01:52We have a goal regardless of what China thinks.
01:58This is the first news for GMA Integrated News.
02:14For more information visit www.gma.gov

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