ITBAYAT, Philippines (AP) — Tumakas ang mga US Marines at ang kanilang mga katapat na Pilipino mula sa mga Black Hawk helicopter sa mga combat drill noong Lunes sa pinakahilagang isla ng Pilipinas, sa kahabaan ng estratehikong Bashi Channel sa katimugang Taiwan.
Ang pagpapakita ng kahandaang labanan sa Itbayat sa lalawigan ng Batanes ay bahagi ng taunang pagsasanay-militar na nagsimula noong nakaraang buwan, binansagang Balikatan, Tagalog para sa “shoulder-to-shoulder,” at kinasasangkutan ng mahigit 16,000 Amerikano at Philippine military personnel.
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