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Partnering with the 17th SOS, a KC-46 from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas will be assisting the AC-130J gunships with aerial refueling operations and transport of additional cargo and personnel. This pair demonstrates the importance of maintaining fruitful relationships with various enterprises in the Air Force to execute agile combat employment.
While the AC-130J crews will be conducting numerous training events such as live and dry fires the 12th SOS will also operate out of the Philippines exercising their ability to perform launch and recovery operations of the MQ-9 in an unfamiliar environment.
Balikatan is the largest annual exercise between the two allies and 2023 marks its 38th iteration and the largest iteration to date, with more than 17,600 participants. It provides an opportunity for the two militaries to enhance cooperation, increase capabilities and improve interoperability.
Approximately 17,600 participants are taking part in the exercise, developing interoperability and enhancing bilateral capabilities in the areas of maritime security, amphibious operations, live-fire training, urban and aviation operations, cyber defense, counterterrorism, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness.
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"We started off with a combined-joint amphibious assault on the island itself, and then a Marine air assault onto Antique Airfield. The combined Marines then took control of the airfield expand the lodgment, and conducted a defense," said Army Capt. James Hodges, 25th Infantry Division assistant operations officer.
The first phase of the operation began on the island of Luzon, which included numerous days of planning and synchronization at Camp Emilio Aguinaldo. A combined-joint U.S. and Philippine forces team then worked together to project assets from Luzon to conduct a large-scale operation on the island of Panay.
"As we transitioned out of the initial projection phase-down to our initial staging base, it gave us the opportunity to do final rehearsals here on the airfield and then understand a little more about the operational environment that we were going to go into specifically to the island of Panay, and then conduct the air assault today on the objective," said Army Lt. Col. Jared Bordwell, Task Force Patriot commander.
Former classmates U.S. Air Force Maj. Dan Jackson, 6th Special Operations Squadron combat aviation advisor evaluator pilot, and Philippine Air Force Maj. Dennis Marzo, right, 15th Strike Wing A-29 pilot, discuss joint tactics during exercise Balikatan at Clark Air Base, Pampanga, Philippines, April 5, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan 22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anna Nolte)
U.S. Air Force Maj. Dan Jackson, left, 6th Special Operations Squadron combat aviation advisor evaluator pilot, appraises a Philippine Air Force A-29 Super Tucano from the cockpit alongside his former classmate, Philippine Air Force Maj. Dennis Marzo, right, 15th Strike Wing A-29 pilot, during exercise Balikatan at Clark Air Base, Pampanga, Philippines, April 5, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan 22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anna Nolte)
U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron aircrew fly the U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II during static line jump operations with U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) operators May 11, 2018, at Fort Magsaysay Airfield, Philippines. Throughout Balikatan 2018, the 17th SOS provided specialized aviation to members of the 1st SFG and AFP JSOG. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)
A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron pilot conducts low level flying operations from the U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II May 8, 2018, off the coast of Luzon, Philippines. Throughout Balikatan 2018, the 17th SOS executed helicopter air to air refueling, daytime and night vision goggle mountainous low level, establishment and sustainment of a forward area refueling point and mission support site, airdrops and rescue escort training both as single ship and formation elements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)
A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron combat systems operator conducts low level flying operations from the U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II May 8, 2018, off the coast of Luzon, Philippines. Throughout Balikatan 2018, the 17th SOS executed helicopter air to air refueling, daytime and night vision goggle mountainous low level, establishment and sustainment of a forward area refueling point and mission support site, airdrops and rescue escort training both as single ship and formation elements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)
A 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster looks out the troop door of a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II in preparation for static line jump operations with U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) May 11, 2018, at Fort Magsaysay Airfield, Philippines. Throughout Balikatan 2018, the 17th SOS provided specialized aviation to members of the 1st SFG and AFP JSOG. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)
U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat controllers (CCTs) prepare to control the airfield from the ground in preparation for static line jump operations with U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) operators May 11, 2018, at Fort Magsaysay Airfield, Philippines. Throughout Balikatan 2018, the CCTs surveyed and established assault zones for interoperability training events designed to enhance the capabilities of both AFP and U.S. armed forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)
An Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) jumpmaster prepares to perform static line jump operations from a U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II May 11, 2018, at Fort Magsaysay Airfield, Philippines. U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group assisted AFP JSOG with airborne infiltration training to further develop the integration of forces across U.S. and Philippine special operations forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)
U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) operators perform static line jump operations from a U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II May 11, 2018, at Fort Magsaysay Airfield, Philippines. 1st SFG assisted AFP JSOG with airborne infiltration training to further develop the integration of forces across U.S. and Philippine special operations forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)
U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron pilots fly the U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II during static line jump operations with U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) operators May 11, 2018, at Fort Magsaysay Airfield, Philippines. Throughout Balikatan 2018, the 17th SOS provided specialized aviation to members of the 1st SFG and AFP JSOG. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)
A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron pilot flies the U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II during static line jump operations with U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) operators May 11, 2018, at Fort Magsaysay Airfield, Philippines. Throughout Balikatan 2018, the 17th SOS provided specialized aviation to members of the 1st SFG and AFP JSOG. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait)
Against this backdrop, it is significant that Balikatan 2019 included warfighting exercises focused on live-fire activity and amphibious operations, including a naval exercise modelling the seizure of an island in the South China Sea by combined Filipino and American forces. In November 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte allowed the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to continue the annual Balikatan exercises on the condition that they exclude war-fighting scenarios, focus only on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counter-terrorism, and anti-narcotics operations, and be held in areas away from the South China Sea. This was intended to show China that the Duterte administration was sensitive to its strategic interests. Balikatan 2018, however, brought back combat scenarios and included events such as combined arms live-fire exercises, an amphibious raid, close air support operations, artillery training, search and rescues operations, and small unit tactics operations. These training activities strengthened the Philippine-U.S. security alliance and ensured a more effective combined response in future combat operation in the aftermath of the five-month battle for Marawi City in 2017.
Capt. Coulter Pierce, a pilot with 41st Airlift Squadron, flies a low-level training mission over mountainous terrain during Balikatan 23 over the coast of the Philippines, April 18, 2023. Balikatan 2023 is the 38th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military. The exercise includes three weeks of training focused on amphibious operations, command and control, humanitarian assistance, urban operations and counterterrorism skills throughout northern and western Luzon. Coastal defense training figures prominently in the Balikatan 23 training schedule. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Bishop)
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