An assortment of American and Filipino military aircraft will be joining in this year's "Balikatan 2014" exercises which is slated to begin this May 5 to 16.
The American air contingent will consist of the venerable Lockheed C-130 "Hercules" cargo aircraft, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 "Hornet" jet fighter, Sikorsky CH-53 "Sea Stallion" combat utility helicopter, Bell Ah-1 "Cobra" attack helicopter, Bell UH-1H "Huey", Lockheed P-3 "Orion" maritime and anti-submarine plane, Sikorsky H-60 and Fairchild Republic A-10 "Thunderbolt" anti-tank plane.
On the Philippine side, the Rockwell OV-10 "Bronco" aircraft, C-130 cargo plane, "Huey" helicopter, McDonnell Douglas MG-520 "Defender" attack helicopter, Marchetti SF-260 ground attack plane and the SIAI-Marchetti AS-211 jet trainer will be flying during the aerial phase of the military maneuvers.
These planes will be based at Clark Field, Pampanga for the duration of Balikatan 2014.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=636723
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