Analysts say the advanced fighter jet’s deployment shows Manila’s deep integration into US deterrence planning in the region.

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

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

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

The 2025 iteration of Cope Thunder runs from July 7 to 18, and will see US and Philippine air personnel and assets train in ‘multiple training locations in Northern Luzon’ ...

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

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

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

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 ...