Three U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters assigned to Task Force Saber, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade fly over open water during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 over the Luzon Strait Philippines, May 4, 2026. Flight crews were postured with a full suite of precision and non-precision munitions to support the interdiction of a simulated, amphibious enemy as part of a joint multinational team. AH-64 Apache aircrews provide target acquisition, intelligence gathering, and security to air assault missions. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and...
