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During the “Bilateral Air Contingent Exchange (BACE)-the Philippines,” which runs from March 14 to 25, Philippine Air Force (PAF) FA-50PH jet fighter pilots will get the opportunity to train “air combat maneuvering” (ACM) techniques with American F-16 fighter pilots.

When questioned by the Philippine News Agency on Monday if the two-week drills will include “ACM” between the Mach 1.5 capable FA-50PHs and the participating F-16s from the United States Air Force 13th Squadron, PAF spokesperson Col. Maynard Mariano said yes.

“Yes,” he responded, “but this time it will be a great force fighting a large army.”

Mariano responded that four FA-50PHs and four F-16s will participate in the ACM drills when asked how many PAF and USAF aircraft will be involved.

“It’s a four-on-four situation.” He continued, “This is to stimulate a tremendous force and for safety concerns.”

Three identical movements were previously performed by prior incarnations of the BACE-P, albeit on a lesser scale.

This year’s BACE-P will feature 12 US F-16s and 10 FA-50PHs from the Philippine Air Force’s 5th Fighter Wing.

Last March 12, an American plane arrived in the country.

The “tactical art of moving, turning, and/or positioning one’s fighter aircraft in order to obtain a position from which an attack on another aircraft can be made” is referred to as ACM.

To obtain an edge over an aerial opponent, it relies on offensive and defensive fundamental fighter maneuvers.

The exercise will also allow or incorporate “simulated guns and missile kill” between opposing American and Filipino planes, according to Mariano.

The ACM drills would take place in the northwestern section of Central Luzon, he noted.

“It will be held northwest of Central Luzon in Intensive Military Training Area 1 and 2 (and this is over),” a PAF spokesperson stated.

This year’s BACE-P will also include a Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) on how to employ and defend against surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, according to Mariano.

“This will be a SMEE — more of a lecturing sort of thing with processes on what to do on how to guard against, (and) also how to use (SAM systems),” he noted.

The Philippine Air Force previously announced that it will take part in the BACE-10th P’s iteration, which will be held at Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga; Clark Air Base in Mabalacat City, Pampanga; Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac; and Wallace Air Station in San Fernando, La Union.

Air-to-air engagement, base defense; air traffic navigations and integration coordination; air battle management, air defense command, and control operations; radar and radio operations; and surface-to-air-missile operation and deployment planning will all be covered throughout the exercise.

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