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North -american and Philippine hunting aircraft organized a joint patrol on Tuesday on a South China Disputation where Chinese hunting jets He shot the flares last year to keep a Philippine plane, said the Filipino officials.
Joint patrol and air interception over the Scarborough Shoal played in hot In the north -the west of the Philippines he was the first of the allies of the Treaty for a long time since President Donald Trump took office again.
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Two US Air Force Air Bombarders Bombers B-1 and three FA-50 hunting jets of the Philippine Air Force joined the brief patrol and training, which consisted of practicing how to intercept a hostile aircraft, said Philippine Air Force spokeswoman Maria Consuelo Castillo, in a press conference. It was not immediately learned if the joint patrol encountered no challenge of Chinese forces guarding the edge of Scarborough.
Two FA-50 hunting aircraft of the Philippine Air Force fly with two United States Air Force Air Bomber Aircraft during a joint patrol and training on the South China Sea on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. (Philippine Air Force using AP)
“The exercises focused on improving operational coordination, improving the consciousness of air domain, and strengthening agile combat occupation capabilities between the two air forces,” said the Philippine Air Force.
Tuesday, the Command of the South Theater of the Chinese military He said that his units would maintain a “high degree of alert, would resolutely defend the territorial sovereignty of China and the rights and maritime interests, and would control any military activity that interrupts the South China Sea”, claiming that The Philippines participated in joint patrols organized by other foreign countries “unauverned peace and stability in the South China Sea”, according to Reuters.
The Philippine Navy said on Tuesday in a press conference that “narrowly oversaw” three Chinese navy ships inside the maritime areas of Manila, including a Jiangkai class guided missile frigate.
“The presence of the Army of Liberation of the people reflects the complete inconsistency of the People’s Republic of China by international law and decreases peace and stability in the region,” said Filipino Navy spokesman John. Percie Alcos, according to Reuters.
In August last year, two Chinese air force aircraft flew nearby and fired flares on the path of a Filipino Air Force Airway Airline on Routine Patrol on the edge of Scarborough in strongly condemned actions and Proteses by the Filipino government, according to military officials. All those on board the Philippine Air Force NC-212i Turbo-Prop Transport Plane were not unharmed, according to the Filipino military.
The command of the South Theater of the Liberation Army of the Chinese People said that an “illegally” Filipino Air Force Airline entered the air space above the edge and interrupted the activities of Training by Chinese forces. He warned the Philippines to “stop their offense, provocation, distortion and pumping.”
Two FA-50 hunting aircraft of the Philippine Air Force fly with two United States Air Force Air Bomber Aircraft during a joint patrol and training on the South China Sea on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. (Philippine Air Force using AP)
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The Filipino military chief, General Romeo Brawner, said at the time that the incident “raised a threat to the Philippine Air Force Airway and his crew, interfered with legal flight operations in space. Aerial within sovereignty and Philippine jurisdiction and contravene the law and international regulations that govern security safety. “
China and the Philippines have had more alarming clashes on the shore, called Bajo de Masinloc by the Philippines and Huanyan Island for China.
“We are always ready for any contingency, it is part of the formation,” Castillo said on Tuesday when asked if the allied forces had prepared to face any Chinese aircraft challenge.
On May 16, 2024, it is seen on a Chinese Coast Guard ship shading the convoy from the Philippine fishing vessels and a Philippines coastal guard, on May 16, 2024. (Martin San Diego for Washington Post through Getty Images)
“It happened before and, as I said, whatever the coercive and aggressive actions of any foreign party, the Philippine Air Force will not deter it to make its term,” said Castillo.
The North Army -American has reported to find maneuvers so dangerous for Chinese Air Force planes in the past on the water played, where it has deployed hunting planes and navy ships to promote freedom of navigation and overflow.
China has taken place in United States military deployment In the disputed region, saying that they have jeopardized regional security.
Apart from China and the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan, have overlapping territorial claims in the occupied sea passage, a global and global security route, but hostilities have fired especially in the last two years between the Costera and the coastal guard of Chinese Philippines and Philippines forces at the Scarborough Shoal and another fiercely played, the second Thomas Shoal.
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Washington has repeatedly warned that he is obliged to defend the Philippines, his oldest treaty allied in Asia, if the Philippine forces, vessels and planes are under an armed attack, including in the South China Sea.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
