Philippine military officials say rescuers have found the wreckage of a missing fighter jet and the bodies of its two pilots in a mountainous region of a southern province where they were deployed to fight communist rebels.

The Philippine jet was engaged on a mission to help fight communist guerilla fighters in the country's south when it lost contact.

A Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jet that went missing on March 4, 2025, during a tactical mission in Mindanao has been found in the vicinity of Mt. Kalatungan Complex in Bukidnon, with both pilots aboard confirmed dead.