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| Full name | Philippine Air Force Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Airmen | ||
| Short name | PAF | ||
| Founded | 1960 | ||
| Owner | Philippine Air Force | ||
| Head coach | SSG Erwin P. Oro | ||
| League | Philippines Football League | ||
| 2024 | Philippines Football League, 13th of 15 | ||
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Philippine Air Force Football Club is a professional football club in the Philippines. The club's original players were officers, enlisted personnel, and civilians of the Philippine Air Force. The club competes in the Philippines Football League, the top tier of football in the Philippines.
Founded in 1960, the Philippine Air Force has won several trophies, including four national championships in the 1980s and 1990s. The club has also participated in the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
Philippine Air Force was one of the founding members of the United Football League (UFL), the de facto top flight of Philippine football back then. They won the inaugural UFL Cup in 2009 and went on to win the inaugural season of the UFL in 2010, becoming the first Filipino club to win the double. They won their second UFL title in 2011 and their second UFL cup the following season. However, the club finished last in 2013 and was relegated to Division 2. They failed to earn promotion back to the top flight and eventually withdrew from the UFL after the 2014 season. After years of inactivity, the Philippine Air Force joined the short-lived top-flight Philippine Premier League (PPL) in 2019. After the PPL folded with a single match day, Air Force was absorbed into the revived Philippines Football League.