Exercise Balikatan '08 tests ability to deliver
Aircrews conduct pre-mission planning Feb. 27at Clark Field, Philippines, during Exercise Balikatan '08. The Airmen are from the Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Airlift Squadron and from the 535th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Balikatan is an annual joint and bilateral exercise involving U.S. military and Philippines armed forces members. Subject matter experts from the Philippine Civil Defense Agencies and observers from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand and Singapore come together to work on humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)