{"id":131457,"date":"2025-02-04T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/02\/04\/us-philippine-fighter-jets-patrol-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:13:09","slug":"us-philippine-fighter-jets-patrol-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2025\/02\/04\/us-philippine-fighter-jets-patrol-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Philippine fighter jets patrol disputed South China Sea shoal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MANILA, Philippines \u2014 U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft staged a joint patrol and training Tuesday over a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese fighter jets fired flares last year to drive away a Philippine aircraft, Philippine officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The joint patrol and air-intercept drills over the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines were the first by the longtime treaty allies since U.S. President Donald Trump took office again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d foreign policy thrust has sparked concerns among Washington\u2019s allies in Asia about the scale and depth of U.S. commitment to the region in his new term. His predecessor, former President Joe Biden, had moved to strengthen an arc of security alliances in the region to counter China\u2019s increasingly assertive actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2025\/01\/14\/china-pushing-philippines-to-the-wall-with-sea-aggression-manila\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Philippines_China_Territorial_Disputes_34018.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">China pushing Philippines \u2018to the wall\u2019 with sea aggression: Manila<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A Philippine security official warned \u201call options are on the table\u201d for Manila\u2019s response to growing South China Sea aggression, including lawsuits.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber aircraft and three Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jets joined the brief patrol and training, which involved practicing how to intercept a hostile aircraft, Philippine Air Force spokesperson Maria Consuelo Castillo said in a news briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was not immediately known if the joint patrol encountered any challenge from Chinese forces guarding the Scarborough Shoal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The exercises focused on enhancing operational coordination, improving air domain awareness and reinforcing agile combat employment capabilities between the two air forces,\u201d the Philippine Air Force said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August last year, two Chinese air force aircraft flew close then <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-china-sea-disputed-scarborough-shoal-philippines-0c8efebe75799482ea01f907cac38131\" target=\"_blank\">fired flares<\/a> in the path of a Philippine Air Force plane on routine patrol over the Scarborough Shoal in actions that were strongly condemned and protested by the Philippine government, military officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All those aboard the Philippine Air Force NC-212i turboprop transport plane were unharmed, the Philippine military said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army said then that a Philippine air force aircraft \u201cillegally\u201d entered the airspace above the shoal and disrupted training activities by Chinese forces. It warned the Philippines to \u201cstop its infringement, provocation, distortion and hyping-up.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippine military chief, Gen. Romeo Brawner, said at the time that the incident \u201cposed a threat to Philippine air force aircraft and its crew, interfered with lawful flight operations in airspace within Philippine sovereignty and jurisdiction and contravened international law and regulations governing safety of aviation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China and the Philippines have had increasingly alarming faceoffs in the shoal, which is called Bajo de Masinloc by the Philippines and Huangyan Island by China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are always prepared for any contingency, it\u2019s part of the training,\u201d Castillo said when asked if the allied forces had prepared to address any challenge by Chinese aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt already happened before and, as I have said, whatever the coercive, aggressive actions of any foreign party, the Philippine Air Force will not be deterred to perform its mandate,\u201d Castillo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military has reported encountering such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/10\/27\/us-military-says-chinese-jet-flew-within-10-feet-of-b-52-bomber\/?contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8&#038;contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A825%7D\" target=\"_blank\">dangerous maneuvers<\/a> by Chinese air force planes in the past over the disputed waters, where it has deployed fighter jets and navy ships to promote freedom of navigation and overflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has bristled at U.S. military deployments in the disputed region, saying these have endangered regional security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from China and the Philippines, Brunei, <a 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