On May 3, 2023, the 544th Security Forces Squadron, 5th Fighter Wing of the Philippine Air Force together with US counterparts conducted a Subject Matter Expert Exchange on Close Quarter Combat (CQC) operations, as part of COPE-THUNDER 23-1, at Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Pampanga.
This training is designed to equip our military personnel with the fundamental tactics, techniques and procedures to conduct team level, structural based, dynamic close quarters room combat. The strategy and tactics learned during this training can be utilized by our security force across multiple spectrums of warfighting especially in compressed hostile environments.
