With the conclusion of this year’s Balikatan exercise today, the United States and the Philippines are set to revive on May 1 a joint air-training maneuver they last conducted 33 years ago.
“As the chief of staff AFP, I now declare the Balikatan Exercise 38-2023 closed,” Armed Forces chief General Andres Centino said during the closing ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo.
Using modern weapons of war, joint United States and Philippine military forces fired rockets and sank a ship 12 nautical miles off the coast of San Antonio, Zambales facing the South China Sea yesterday, showcasing how Filipino and American troops can work together to destroy an approaching enemy vessel.
SAN ANTONIO: US and Philippine troops fired a salvo of rockets at a warship representing an enemy vessel in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday, in the final exercise of the allies’ largest-ever military drills.
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