Japan fighters in PH; first since World War II

Japan sent two fighter jets to the Philippines for the first time as part of a bilateral air force exchange program, as the two US allies seek to reinforce military alliances amid regional tensions.

The two F-15Js of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) landed at Clark Air Base in Pampanga on Tuesday, making the Philippines the third country Japan has sent its fighter jets, after the US and Australia.

The Japanese fighter jets, which arrived at the tail end of the exchange, did not take part in kinetic exercises or a flight demonstration. They only held a “goodwill flight” with the Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) FA-50 light fighters when they were escorted upon their arrival….

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