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                    [Title] => Air Force heroine gets posthumous promotion
                    [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — President Arroyo has declared pilot Mary Grace Baloyo, who died in the March 26 crash of an Air Force attack plane in a subdivision in Mabalacat town, a heroine by ordering her promotion to the rank of captain last Tuesday.


This was revealed here yesterday by Air Force chief Lt. Gen. Benjamin Defensor, who said the President announced the posthumous promotion during her visit to Bacolod City, hometown of Baloyo, who will be buried on April 8.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90251 [Title] => GMA pays last respects to heroine pilot [Summary] => President Arroyo paid tribute yesterday to Air Force pilot Lt. Grace Baloyo during a visit to her wake in Bacolod City.

"She is a heroine not only in Bacolod City but also in the entire Philippines," Mrs. Arroyo said in the Ilonggo dialect. "She died so that she could guide her aircraft away from a highly populated area. I pray that her courage and heroism inspire us all."
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90237 [Title] => The heroine comes home [Summary] => BACOLOD CITY – Home is the heroine.

The remains of 27-year-old Air Force pilot Lt. Grace Baloyo, who went down with her aircraft in Pampanga last Monday, arrived here yesterday to a tearful welcome.

Her body was received by grieving relatives, including her mother Annie, and the officers and men of the 15th Strike Wing, the bemedalled pilot’s Air Force unit.

Baloyo’s father, Romeo, said he is extremely proud of his daughter.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096446 [AuthorName] => Antonieta Lopez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90196 [Title] => Pilot-heroine makes final act of bravery [Summary] => MABALACAT, Pampanga — The bemedalled female Air Force pilot who went down with her OV-10 Bronco bomber last Monday might yet be given another award for her final act of bravery.

"There are indications that Lt. Grace Baluyo delayed her bailout to guide the ill-fated aircraft to a vacant lot and avoid houses in a residential area," said Lt. Col. Charles Hotchkiss, deputy commander of the 1st Tactical Air Force Wing based at Clark Field.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 124387 [Title] => Nasawing 'lady pilot' pinarangalang bayani [Summary] => MABALACAT, Pampanga –Si 1st Lt. Grace Baluyo na minsan nang nagpamalas ng katapangan makaraang makubkob ng militar ang pangunahing kampo ng mga rebelde ang Camp Abubakar noong nakalipas na taon, ang minsan pang nagpakita ng kanyang kabayanihan hanggang sa magbuwis ng buhay makaraang mag-crashed ang pinalilipad nitong OV-10 Bronco attack aircraft noong nakalipas na Lunes.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) ) )
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