Exercise Balikatan

Members of the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan and the Armed Forces of the Philippines service members closed out Exercise Balikatan, a 12-day joint military exercise, at Benito Ebuen Air Base, Mactan, Republic of the Philippines, May 16, 2014.Balikatan, which means "shoulder to shoulder" is an annual bilateral training exercise involving 2,500 U.S. military, and 3,000 Armed Forces of the Philippines members. (Courtesy photo)

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Exercise Balikatan

Airmen of the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron brief their counterparts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines during Exercise Balikatan a 12-day joint military exercise May 6, 2014. Balikatan, which means "shoulder to shoulder" is an annual bilateral training exercise involving 2,500 U.S. military, and 3,000 Armed Forces of the Philippines members. (Courtesy photo)

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Exercise Balikatan

Members of the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan and the Armed Forces of the Philippines service members closed out Exercise Balikatan, a 12-day joint military exercise, at Benito Ebuen Air Base, Mactan, Republic of the Philippines, May 16, 2014.Balikatan, which means "shoulder to shoulder" is an annual bilateral training exercise involving 2,500 U.S. military, and 3,000 Armed Forces of the Philippines members. (Courtesy photo)

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Exercise Balikatan

Members of the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan and the Armed Forces of the Philippines service members closed out Exercise Balikatan, a 12-day joint military exercise, at Benito Ebuen Air Base, Mactan, Republic of the Philippines, May 16, 2014.Balikatan, which means "shoulder to shoulder" is an annual bilateral training exercise involving 2,500 U.S. military, and 3,000 Armed Forces of the Philippines members.

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Airlifters close out Balikatan

Published May 21, 2014
By 374th Airlift Wing
374th Airlift Wing

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan and the Armed Forces of the Philippines service members closed out Exercise Balikatan, a 12-day joint military exercise, at Benito Ebuen Air Base, Mactan, Republic of the Philippines, May 16, 2014.

Throughout the exercise, Airlifters from the 374th AW participated alongside their AFP counterparts in subject matter expert exchanges to increase interoperability and enhance future contingency capabilities.