Philippine and US forces are simulating scenarios that observers say are relevant to potential conflicts over Taiwan and the South China Sea, with missions involving the retaking of an island and ...
On Monday, a small contingent of US and Philippine marines disembarked from Black Hawk helicopters to Itbayat, a remote town located on the Philippines’ northernmost island of the same name ...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s decision to allow U.S. forces indefinite access to two Philippine air force and naval bases in Cagayan province near Batanes under a 2014 defense pact ...
Black Hawk helicopters descended to Itbayat before noon on Monday, ushering a platoon of US and Philippine marines to conduct rare military drills on the Southeast Asian nation’s northernmost ...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said last year that the US can’t use his nation’s military bases for “offensive action” against China in case of a war over Taiwan.
More controversially, radar facilities in the Philippines could provide intelligence to US troops in a conflict or facilitate the flow of logistics. The most provocative of all is the prospect of ...
This year’s Balikatan exercises focus on territorial defense in two of the most sensitive fault lines in the China-U.S. rivalry: the disputed South China Sea and the Bashi Channel. U.S. Army ...
LAOAG, Philippines May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. and Philippine armed forces fired missiles and artillery to thwart a simulated invasion in the Philippines' northern waters facing Taiwan on Monday, in a ...
Professor Abubakar Siddique, Director, Centre for Democratic Development Research, and Training, Zaria, has insisted there were moves to site the United States and France millitary bases in Nigeria.
U.S. troopers alight from a U.S. Army CH-47 carrying American and Philippine troops as it lands at the Philippines' northernmost town of Itbayat, Batanes province during a joint military exercise ...
LAOAG, The Philippines - US and Philippine armed forces fired ... who has allowed Americans to access more Philippine bases under an enhanced defence cooperation agreement, including facilities ...
U.S. troopers alight from a U.S. Army CH-47 carrying American and Philippine troops as it lands at the Philippines' northernmost town of Itbayat, Batanes province during a joint military exercise ...