PH, US troops join 'Balikatan' free-fall drills
(Photo courtesy of AFP) MANILA - Around 251 military personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Indo-Pacific Command conducted free-falling exercises over Barangay Mapalad in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija last March 28 and 29. In a statement Wednesday, AFP public affairs office chief, Col. Jorry Baclor, said the participants are from major units of the Special Operation Forces (SOF) of the two nations and are "Military Free Faller and Airborne" qualified. "The 51 Philippine and US Military Free Fallers and 200 Static-Line Airborne parachuted towards...
Source: philippinetimes.com