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*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=889077
*Saturday, May 28, 2016
:By Reynaldo Navales

CLARK FREEPORT --- Hundreds of soldiers assigned at the Air Force City here participated in the bloodletting activity which is in line with the 69th founding anniversary celebration of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) on July 5.

Lieutenant Julimar Romero, public information officer of the PAF 600th Air Base Wing said that 83 out of the 140 prospective donors successfully donated about 37,350 cubic centimeters of blood.

Romero said they will donate the blood they collected to the Philippine National Red Cross.

Aside from the bloodletting, the PAF First Air Division has lined up other activities including a tree planting and orphanage and school outreach programs.

The outreach program for orphans will be held at the Send the Light orphanage in Mabalacat City on June3, 2016, Romero said.

The 600th Air Base Wing is also set to help in the preparation and repair of classrooms at the EPZA Resettlement Elementary School on June 8, 2016.

Romero said that they have set their tree-planting at the Paradise Ranch on June 15.

Brigadier General Werner M. Elpedes, 600th Air Base Wing commander, will lead the conduct of the activities.

Aside from the 600th ABW, the other six major PAF units in Clark Freeport which are also situated inside what is called Air Force City, include the First Air Division, the 410th Maintenance Wing, the 420th Supply Wing, the 710th Special Operations Wing, the Air Force Logistics Command, and the Air Force Reserve Command.

Other Air Force units in Clark will also simultaneously conduct similar activities in line with the anniversary celebration, according to Romero.