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(PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief, Gen. Andres Centino said this year's "Balikatan" exercises served as an opportunity for Manila to showcase and test the capabilities of military assets that it has acquired and developed in the past few years. Speaking at the closing ceremony of this year's exercises on Friday, Centino said these include the new air assets of the AFP like the S-70i Black Hawk and the AgustaWestland helicopters, the FA-50 jet fighters, the "Super Tucano" attack aircraft, and naval assets including the new landing dock, and the ground assets like the newly refurbished armored personnel carriers and artillery. "I am sure that both Armed Forces have mutually benefited with you learning from our experiences in dealing with insurgents and terrorists and us learning from your skills in the use of modern technology," the AFP chief said. He said the annual military drills between participating F
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(Photo courtesy of AFP) MANILA - Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Andres Centino said the combined arms live-fire exercises (CALFEX) held by "Balikatan" troops on Thursday will greatly improve the interoperability of Filipino and American forces. "We conducted the CALFEX to improve our interoperability during combined and joint operations. This is one way of ensuring that we can operate jointly with our allies. This also serves as an opportunity for us as we are procuring new equipment; we are able to test our new weapons and armaments," he said in a statement Thursday night. This year's CALFEX was held at the Col. Ernesto Ravina Air Base (CERAB) in Capas, Tarlac, AFP public affairs office chief Col. Jorry Baclor said. Centino witnessed the event at the Durungawan View Deck in CERAB. He was joined by Northern Luzon Command head Lt. Gen. Ernesto Torres Jr., and Philippine exercise director Maj. Gen. Charlton Sean Gaerlan. Also in attendan
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