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Exercise Balikatan 2000
Kadena Air Base, Japan
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Balikatan 2000 underway in Philippines
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II of Balikatan 2000 gets underway
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CLARK AIR FIELD, Philippines (AFPN)
-- U.S. and Philippine military personnel board an MC-130H
Talon II aircraft from the 353rd Special Operations
Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan, for an air drop mission
during exercise Balikatan 2000 here. The purpose of
the exercise is to improve the Philippines/U.S. combined
planning, combat readiness and interoperability. Balikatan
2000 will also enhance security relations and demonstrate
U.S. resolve to support the Philippines against external
aggression through training in joint/combined operations.
(Photo by: Master Sgt. Val Gempis)
CLARK AIR FIELD, Philippines (AFPN)
-- An MC-130H aircraft from the 353rd Special Operations
Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan, taxis to the end of
the runway in preparation to take off for an airdrop
mission during exercise Balikatan 2000 here. The purpose
of the exercise is to improve the Philippines/U.S.
combined planning, combat readiness and interoperability.
Balikatan 2000 will also enhance security relations
and demonstrate U.S. resolve to support the Philippines
against external aggression through training in joint/combined
operations. (Photo by: Master Sgt. Val Gempis)
CLARK AIR FIELD, Philippines (AFPN)
-- Philippine and U.S. military personnel prepare
to jump during a high altitude-low opening air drop
mission aboard an MC-130H Talon II aircraft from the
353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan.
The troops jump out at an altitude of 10,000 feet
over the airfield. The HALO was part of exercise Balikatan
2000 being held here. The purpose of the exercise
is to improve the Philippines/U.S. combined planning,
combat readiness and interoperability. Balikatan 2000
will also enhance security relations and demonstrate
U.S. resolve to support the Philippines against external
aggression through training in joint/combined operations.
(Photo by: Master Sgt. Val Gempis)
CLARK AIR FIELD, Philippines (AFPN)
-- An MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft from the 353rd
Special Operations Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan,
soars over the drop zone during a joint U.S. and Philippine
military aerial demonstration during exercise Balikatan
2000 here. The purpose of the exercise is to improve
the Philippines/U.S. combined planning, combat readiness
and interoperability. Balikatan 2000 will also enhance
security relations and demonstrate U.S. resolve to
support the Philippines against external aggression
through training in joint/combined operations. (Photo
by: Master Sgt. Val Gempis)
An MC-130H Talon II aircraft from
the 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena Air Base,
Japan, taxis by Mount Arayat after returning from
an air drop mission during exercise Balikatan 2000
at Clark Air Field, Philippines. The aircraft dropped
U.S. and Filipino military parachuters at a drop zone
near the airfield. The purpose of the exercise is
to improve the Philippines-U.S. combined planning,
combat readiness and interoperability. Balikatan 2000
will also enhance security relations and demonstrate
U.S. resolve to support the Philippines against external
aggression through training in joint/combined operations
conduct other related activities consistent with the
mutual defense treaty. (Photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)
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