American and Filipin fighter jets organized a common patrol and training on Tuesday through disputed riding the South Chinese Sea where Chinese combat planes They were discharged last year to chase a Philippine aircraft, Philippine officials said.
Common patrol and air intercept Hot disputed scarborough shoal Outside the northwestern Philippine, the first years of the Agreement have been the first time since President Donald Trump has re -assuming his duty.
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Two Air Force Air Force Air Force aircraft and three Filipin Air Force for F-50 fighter aircraft joined short patrols and training, which included exercise to intercept an enemy aircraft, said the spokeswoman for the Filipin Air Force, Maria Consuelo Castillo at a press conference. It was not immediately known whether the joint patrol came across any challenge from the Chinese forces guarding Scarborough Shoal.
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Two Filipin Air Force Fa-50 Fighter Air Force Fighting with two Air Force Air Force B-1 Air Force B-1 during a joint patrol and training through the Southern Chinese Sea on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. (Philippine Air Force by AP)
“Exercises focused on improving operational coordination, improving the air domain awareness and the reinforcement of agile employment fighter abilities between the two air force,” the Filipin Air Force said.
On Tuesday, The Command of the South Theater of the Chinese Army He said that his units would hold a “high level of warning, decisively defend Chinese territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and control all military activities that disturb the South Chinese Sea,” citing Filipina in common patrols organized by other foreign countries “undermine peace and stability In the southern Chinese sea, “Reuters states.
On Tuesday, the Philippine Navy said at a press conference that she “carefully monitored” three Chinese Navy vessels in the Maritime Zone Manila, including a rocket fregate with a guided Jiangkai Class.
“The presence of the National Liberation Army-Navy reflects the complete disrespect for the People’s Republic of International Law and undermines peace and stability in the region,” said the spokesman of the Philippine Navy John Percie Alcos, according to Reuters.
In August last year, two Air Force aircraft flew close and then dropped the flashes on the Filipine Air Force Path in Rutina’s patrol over Scarborough Shoal in the actions that the Philippine government had strongly condemned and protested, military officials said. All of them on the ship of Philippine Air Force aircraft NC-212i Turbo-Processed plane were unharmed, the Filipin army said.
The Southern Theater Command of the Chinese National Liberation Army announced at the time that the Filipin Air Force aircraft had “entered the airspace above the shallows and disturbed the activities of the Chinese forces. He warned the Philippines to “stop violating, provocation, distortion and capricious.”
Two Filipin Air Force Fa-50 Fighter Air Force Fighting with two Air Force Air Force B-1 Air Force B-1 during a joint patrol and training through the Southern Chinese Sea on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. (Philippine Air Force by AP)
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The Filipin military chief, General Romeo Brawner, said at the time that the incident “represented a threat to the Filipin air force and his crew, interfered with legal flying operations in the airspace within the Philippine sovereignty and the competence of the Air Force.”
China and Philippines had an increasingly alarming face in the shallows, which the Philippines and the island of Huangyan called Bajo de Masinloc by China.
“We are always ready for any unforeseen state, it is part of the training,” Castillo said on Tuesday when asked if the Allied forces had prepared any challenge for Chinese aircraft.
The Chinese coastal guard can see closely overshadowed by a convoy of Philippine fishing boats and a Philippine ship of the Coast Guard, May 16, 2024. (Martin San Diego for Washington Post via Getty Images)
“It has already happened and, as I said, regardless of the coercion, the aggressive action of any foreign party, the Philippine air force will not be distracted to perform its term,” Castillo said.
The US army reported that in the past it has encountered such dangerous maneuverability planes in the past because of the controversial waters, where it has arranged combat jets and navy ships to promote freedom of navigation and dressing.
China turned off on American military schedule In the controversial region, saying that they threatened regional security.
In addition to China and Philippines, Brunej, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan have overlapping territorial claims in a transient seaside, key global trade and security path, but hostilities have been particularly illuminated in the last two years between the Chinese and the Philippine Coastal Guard and the Navy in Scarborough Shot -In another fiercely challenged atol, the other Thomas Shoal.
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Washington has repeatedly warned that he is obliged to defend the Philippines, his oldest ally of the Treaty in Asia, if Philippine forces, ships and aircraft enter the armed attack, including the South China Sea.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
