PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan – Three FA-50 fighter jets of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) arrived in this city Monday to participate in the DAGIT (Dagat, Langit, Lupa) joint field training exercise (FTX) to step up the interoperability of all branches of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
They will be participating in the FTX phase of DAGIT, which will be staged on the eastern part of Palawan until August 3, Western Command (Wescom) commander Lt. Gen. Rozzano Briguez said.
Briguez said the phase of the military exercise, which started on the third week July, trains participants on Contingency and Crisis Action Planning and Command and Control of joint forces.
“We are thrilled to have our fighter jets joining the FTX phase of this year’s AJEX in Wescom’s Area of Operations, along with our naval assets and ground troopers, because this will give us the opportunity to test our interoperability doctrine, jointness, and readiness as One AFP,” he said.
He added that it is significant the Philippine forces and assets train together to enhance their capacity and capability to respond to any future contingency.
“It is highly significant that our forces and assets train together in the spirit of jointness in order to enhance our ability to respond to any contingency in the future. This DAGIT provided us with such important training,” he added.
The AJEX DAGIT-PA, on its 4th iteration this year, is a unilateral exercise that focuses on the development of the AFP’s capacity on joint operations and enhancing the interoperability of its forces from the Navy, Air Force and Army.
The military exercise will also enhance the individual capacity of personnel and unit capabilities to enable them to be readily deployable to address contingencies in all mission areas. (Celeste Anna Formoso/PNA)
