A combined force of US and Philippine service members participated in a combined joint littoral live-fire exercise Wednesday in Zambales, the culminating field training event for Balikatan 2023, considered as the largest exercise between the two allies to date.
An estimated 1,400 Marines, soldiers, sailors, airmen and Coast Guard personnel from both countries took part in the training, which involved detecting, identifying, targeting and engaging a target ship using a variety of ground and air-based weapons systems.Lt. Gen.
Bilateral weapons systems consisted of US and Philippine artillery, High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Avenger air defense systems, AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, Philippine Air Force FA-50 Golden Eagle fighter-attack aircraft, F-16 Fighting Falcons, US Marine F-35B Joint Strike Fighters, and a US Air Force Special Operations Command AC 130 Spectre gunship.The Balikatan exercise has increased in complexity and high-end warfighting mission set over the past several years.
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