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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft staged a joint patrol and training Tuesday over a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese fighter jets fired flares last year to drive away a Philippine aircraft, Philippine officials said.
MANILA, Philippines — The US military has confirmed that a light plane that crashed Thursday in Maguindanao del Sur, killing all four people onboard, was contracted by the US Department of Defense to provide intelligence support at the request of Philippine allies.
A US Marine and three defence contractors have been identified as the four personnel killed in a military plane crash in the southern Philippines on Thursday. The US-contracted Beechcraft Super King Air B300 went down in Maguindanao del Sur province while conducting a surveillance mission at the request of Philippine authorities, according to the US Indo-Pacific Command. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.As per the news agency AP, the aircraft went down in a rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, near the town of Ampatuan. Local authorities stated that residents saw smoke and heard an explosion before the plane crashed, landing about half a mile from a cluster of farmhouses. No civilians were reported injured, though a water buffalo on the ground was killed.According to the news agency AFP, the crashed aircraft was identified as a Beechcraft Super King Air B300 with the tail nu
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A helicopter carrying American rescuers fetched on Friday morning, February 7, in Barangay Malatimon in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur the lifeless bodies of the four men together in a plane that crashed in the area the day before.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan detected six Chinese balloons off the island, the defense ministry said Friday, as Beijing maintains military pressure to push its claim of sovereignty.
MANILA, Philippines — A United States Department of Defense-contracted surveillance aircraft conducting intelligence operations at the request of Philippine authorities has been identified as the plane that crashed yesterday in Maguindanao del Sur, killing all four people aboard.
TAIPEI: A flurry of naval drills surrounding the Philippines involving the United States and its partners has prompted complaints from Beijing, which claims the entire South China Sea and accuses Manila of colluding with others to destabilise the region. The US 7th Fleet based in Japan said forces from Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the US conducted a "multilateral maritime cooperative activity" within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone on Wednesday. Such drills "strengthen the interoperability of our defense/armed forces doctrines, tactics, techniques, and procedures," the fleet said in a news release. The maneuvers were taking place within the Philippines' zone, but the fleet gave no details on the exact location. More exercises involving the US, Japan and France were planned for later this week in the Philippines Sea, which China does not claim. That exercise "is designed to advance coordination and cooperation between French, Japanese and US maritime forces while simultaneously demonstrating capabilities in multi-domain operations," the fleet said. The US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, French carrier Charles De Gaulle and Ja
A plane under US military contract crashed in a rice field in southern Philippines on Thursday, leading to the death of all four occupants, as confirmed by the US Embassy and Philippine officials.The Civil Aviation Authority of Philippines verified the light aircraft's crash in Maguindanao del Sur province, though specific details were not immediately available.Meanwhile, according to US Embassy spokesperson Kanishka Gangopadhyay's statement to The Associated Press, the aircraft was under US military contract, and the US Indo-Pacific Command would release a statement regarding the incident.Ameer Jehad Tim Ambolodto, a safety officer from Maguindanao del Sur, reported that rescue teams recovered four bodies from the wreckage, all appearing to be foreign nationals. The identities of the deceased remain unknown. Municipal rescue worker Rhea Martin confirmed the discovery of four fatalities at the secured crash site. She told AFP: "The bodies were found near the plane," and added: "The plane was cut in half."
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A flurry of naval drills surrounding the Philippines involving the United States and its partners has prompted complaints from Beijing, which claims the entire South China Sea and accuses Manila of colluding with others to destabilize the region.