A Philippine air force fighter jet with two pilots on board has gone missing during a night combat assault in support of ground forces who were battling insurgents in a southern province, and an extensive search is underway,

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) said, jet lost contact with other fighters on the flight "minutes before reaching its target area".

Air Force officials lost contact with jet after midnight while it was on Tactical Night Operations exercise, just ‘minutes before reaching the target area’ - Anadolu Ajansı

MANILA: An FA-50 fighter jet of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) went missing early Tuesday (March 4) before reaching its destination.

FA-50 fighter jet went missing shortly after midnight on Tuesday, March 4, during a Tactical Night Operations exercise, according to an official statement by the PAF.

A Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jet, carrying two pilots, has mysteriously disappeared during a night combat mission. The aircraft was last in contact with other Air Force units around midnight on Monday before it reached its target area.

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday confirmed that one of its 12 FA-50PH fighter jets was reported missing during a "tactical night operation”."A

A Philippines FA-50 fighter jet and its two-man crew are missing after flying in support of ground forces fighting communist rebels in the southern Mindanao region, a military official said Tuesday. While she declined to provide mission specifics,