空自戦闘機、比に初派遣　部隊間交流で２機

　【マニラ時事】フィリピン北部ルソン島のクラーク空軍基地に６日、日本の航空自衛隊のＦ１５戦闘機２機が着陸した。フィリピン空軍と航空自衛隊が行っている部隊間交流の一環で、フィリピンに戦闘機が派遣されたのは初めて。南シナ海の軍事拠点化を進める中国も念頭に置いたものとみられる。
　西部航空方面隊の高橋秀雄副司令官は歓迎セレモニーで「両国ならびにインド太平洋地域の平和と安定のため、協力関係を高めていきたい」とあいさつした。２国間訓練は昨年７月に初めて実施。今回の部隊間交流は１１月２７日～１２月１１日の日程で、航空自衛隊員約６０人が参加している。（2022/12/06-20:31）

Two F-15 fighter jets of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force arrived at the Philippine Air Force's Clark Air Base on Luzon Island in the Philippines on Tuesday, as part of an exchange program between the two sides.
   It was the first time for the ASDF to send fighter jets to the Southeast Asian nation. The move came as China is gaining a military foothold in the South China Sea.
   At a welcome ceremony, Hideo Takahashi, deputy commander of the ASDF's Western Air Defense Force, said that the ASDF hopes to enhance cooperation with the Philippine Air Force for the peace and prosperity of the two nations and of the Indo-Pacific region.
   The exchange program is being joined by around 60 ASDF members between Nov. 27 and next Sunday.
   In July last year, Japan and the Philippines held their first bilateral military drill.