The Philippine Air Force and U.S. Pacific Air Forces began joint aerial drills on Monday, July 7under Cope Thunder 25-2, a ...

The second iteration of Cope Thunder 2025 between the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and the United States Pacific Air Forces ...

PAF and its counterparts from the US Pacific Air Forces conducted a joint patrol Monday to mark the second iteration of “Cope ...

Philippine Air Force (PAF) soldiers and their counterparts in the US Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) on Monday formally opened the ...

The US Pacific Air Forces deployed their F-35 Lightning II aircraft, one of the most advanced and lethal fighter jets in the ...

MANILA said that it is seeking closer military cooperation with Auckland, aiming to maintain regional security and improve disaster response preparedness, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ...

U.S. lawmakers want an ammunition production and storage facility at a former American naval base in the Philippines. The ...

For this year’s Cope Thunder Philippines iteration, Castillo said the PAF is deploying 729 personnel and various types of aircraft including FA-50PH, A-29B Super Tucano, S-76A and S70i Black ...

The Marine Hornets previously arrived at Clark Air Base for Cope Thunder 2025, an annual two-part Air Force exercise between U.S. and Philippine forces focusing on aerial combat and logistics.

Cope Thunder started as an annual exercise between the air forces of the Philippines and the United States in 1976, but it ended in 1991 due to damage from the Mt. Pinatubo eruption that year. The ...