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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Paulson (right), Combat Controller, 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, briefs Philippine Air Force (PAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Joseph Delacruz on exercise procedures during a joint training session during BALANCE PISTON 03-5. The joint exercise is designed to improve the interoperability and tactical proficiency of the armed forces of the US and Philippines

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Paulson (right), Combat Controller, 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, together with members of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) heads toward their aircraft for a joint parachute training during exercise BALANCE PISTON 03-5. The joint exercise is designed to improve the interoperability and tactical proficiency of the armed forces of the US and Philippines

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) Captain (CPT) Jose Interior (right), Training Officer, 710th Special Operations Wing (SOW), makes sure that PAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Samuel Nagac (left), Combat Jumper, 1ST Platoon (PLT), 740th Combat Group, PAF (CGPAF), 710th SOW, is ready to jump with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines prior to taking off from Clark Air Base (AB), Luzon Island, Philippines (PHL), during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004, which is a regularly scheduled joint interoperability exercise designed to improve military readiness and professionalism between US and Philippine armed forces

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) medical personnel hold a joint briefing with US Navy (USN) Corpsmen inside a hangar during a mass casualty exercise conducted on Clark Air Base (AB), Luzon Island, Philippines (PHL), which is part of Exercise BALIKATAN 2004, a regularly scheduled joint interoperability exercise designed to improve military readiness and professionalism between US and Philippine armed forces

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Army (PA) Brigadier General (BGEN) Rafael Romera (left), AFP Exercise BALIKATAN 2004 Co-Director, and US Marine Corps (USMC) Brigadier General (BGEN) Kenneth Glueck (right), US Exercise BALIKATAN 2004 Co-Director, unfurl the Mutual Defense Board Flag during the opening ceremonies for Exercise BALIKATAN 2004, held at Clark Air Base (AB), Luzon Island, Philippines (PHL). Exercise BALIKATAN 2004 is a regularly scheduled joint interoperability exercise designed to improve military readiness and professionalism between US and Philippine armed forces

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) Captain (CPT) Jose Interior (back to camera), Training Officer, 710th Special Operations Wing (SOW), watches as US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines get ready for a jump with Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) 740th Combat Group (CG), 710th Special Operations Wing (SOW) personnel prior to taking off from Clark Air Base (AB), Luzon Island, Philippines (PHL), during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004, which is a regularly scheduled joint interoperability exercise designed to improve military readiness and professionalism between US and Philippine armed forces. (SUBSTANDARD)

American and Philippine military personnel board a US Air Force (USAF) MC-130H Combat Talon, 353rd Special Operations Group (SOG), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, as part of a parachute training session during PISTON BALANCE 03-5 at Clark AB, Philippines. The joint exercise is designed to improve the interoperability and tactical proficiency of the armed forces of the US and Philippines

The Joint US and Philippine Flag Detail, comprised of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) Sergeant (SGT) Emanuel Pastrana (left), Security Escort Group; AFP, Philippine Army (PA) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Samuel Tabuga (second from left), Security Escort Group; US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Eric Johnson (second from right), Safety Officer; and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) Donarell Weems (right), Heavy Equipment Mechanic, present the colors of both nations at the start of the opening ceremonies for Exercise BALIKATAN 2004, held at Clark Air Base (AB), Luzon Island, Philippines (PHL). Exercise BALIKATAN 2004 is a regularly scheduled joint interoperability...

A US Navy (USN) Corpsmen (left) and an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) medical technician (right) prepare a stretcher-borne patient, with simulated wounds, for travel during a mass casualty exercise conducted on Clark Air Base (AB), Luzon Island, Philippines (PHL), which is part of Exercise BALIKATAN 2004, a regularly scheduled joint interoperability exercise designed to improve military readiness and professionalism between US and Philippine armed forces

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Mark Smith (left), Pararescueman, 353rd Special Operations Group (SOG), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, listens while Philippine Air Force STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Joseph Achas explains training procedures before a mission during BALANCE PISTON 03-5. The joint exercise designed to improve the interoperability and tactical proficiency of the armed forces between the US and the Philippines

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Subject Operation/Series: BALANCE PISTON 03-5

Base: Clark Airfield

Country: Philippines (PHL)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Clark Airfield, Mark Smith, Piston

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marines (MAR) (3/8) on the Unit Deployment Program (UDP), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), and Philippine Marines, 3rd Battalion (BN) 33rd and 32nd Marines (MAR) listen to opening remarks during the Opening Ceremony for the MARINE INTEROPERABILITY EXERCISE (MIX) held in the Philippines. MIX is a bilateral training exercise involving the Marines of 3/8 and the Philippine Marine Corps

Republic of Philippine Marines Corporal (CPL) Percival V. Suco, mans a security position armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, while participating in tactical personnel and aircraft recovery training at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004

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