Philippines
Troops repel mock beach assault in the Philippines amid South China Sea tensions
U.S., Filipino and Australian troops dug into beach dunes and unleashed a barrage of firepower — including high-powered rockets — during Balikatan training aimed this week at repelling an amphibious assault.
Fonda protests Japan ban; troupe awaits government ruling
Actress Jane Fonda charged Wednesday that her FTA (Free the Army) troupe was denied formal entry into Japan after Japanese consular officials had assured them they could come in as non-profit entertainers on tourist visas.
Suite in hotel where MacArthur stayed preserves artifacts from his storied career
Strolling through the MacArthur Suite at the Manila Hotel on Manila Bay, Philippines, it’s easy to imagine the great general at his desk, puffing on a corncob pipe and pondering some military problem.
Flying high — and low — at Balikatan
Flying airplanes for a living can be a tricky business.
Philippines to make ex-US bases center of new air-sea hub
When Mount Pinatubo erupted in June 1991, a typhoon drenched the massive ash plume, spawning a gray sludge that swamped much of the Philippines’ northernmost island, Luzon.
Former US air base in Philippines may host commercial flights to North America
An airport that once hosted the largest U.S. Air Force base in the Philippines is negotiating to host commercial flights to North America, a move welcomed by veterans who have settled in the country.
Recounting US military's last days in the Philippines
In late August 1991, Joseph Snodgrass pulled a brazen jail break from his cell on Clark Air Base. Awaiting trial for conspiring to murder his wife eight months earlier, the hulking Air Force sergeant feigned illness, jumped a guard and held a butter knife to his throat.