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Special operations forces from the U.S. Navy, Army, and Air Force are operating throughout the Philippines and the South China Sea for Balikatan 2025. U.S. Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft Assault and Medium vessels joined Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment MH-60s and MH-47s in Subic Bay for a medical evacuation exercise during the earlier stages of Balikatan. These Navy special operations craft were deployed to the Philippines via Air Force MC-130Js. The Army helicopters have also been spotted throughout the Philippines, practicing low-level flight over water and aerial refueling from special operations MC-130Js from the Air Force.
An Air Force CV-22 landed on USS Comstock (LSD-45) in the South China Sea during Balikatan’s maritime component of Western Luzon in mid-April. This operation is done as preparations for a possible invasion of China. Their focus on assisting local forces grew beyond counterinsurgency and into external defense efforts. The U.S. Naval Special Warfare SEALs and combatant-craft crewmen have trained with their Philippine Navy counterparts and Coast Guard personnel in the South China Sea and the Luzon Strait.
SOURCE: USNI
An Air Force CV-22 landed on USS Comstock (LSD-45) in the South China Sea during Balikatan’s maritime component of Western Luzon in mid-April. This operation is done as preparations for a possible invasion of China. Their focus on assisting local forces grew beyond counterinsurgency and into external defense efforts. The U.S. Naval Special Warfare SEALs and combatant-craft crewmen have trained with their Philippine Navy counterparts and Coast Guard personnel in the South China Sea and the Luzon Strait.
SOURCE: USNI