Witness The Start Of Balikatan 23 Us Air Force Filipino U.s. service members and filipino contractors, unload equipment from a u.s. air force, mc 130j commando ii, with 353rd special operations wing, in preparatio. Balikatan is a tagalog term that means “shoulder to shoulder” or “sharing the load together,” which characterizes the spirit of the exercise and the alliance between the philippines and the united states. the philippines is a key u.s. ally. it is the largest recipient of u.s. military assistance, equipment, and training in the region.
Dvids Images Balikatan 23 Opening Ceremony Image 7 Of 9 U.s., philippines kick off largest ever balikatan exercise as. Shoulder to shoulder, philippines and united states. Us, philippines launch largest ever shoulder to. Manila, april 4, 2023—from april 11 to 28, more than 17,600 members of the armed forces of the philippines (afp) and the u.s. military will participate in balikatan 2023, an annual bilateral exercise between the two allies and the largest iteration of balikatan to date.
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