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This photo released by the Philippine DND Defense Communications Service and AFP Public Affairs Office shows a U.S. Marines MV-22B Osprey landing as part of a large-scale combined amphibious assault exercise on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 at a naval base in San Antonio, Zambales. Australian and Filipino forces, backed by U.S. Marines, practiced retaking an island seized by hostile forces in a large military drill Friday on the northwestern Philippine coast facing the disputed South China Sea.(Philippine DND Defense Communications Service and AFP Public Affairs Office via AP)The aircraft crashed Sunday on Melville Island during an exercise involving the militaries of the United States, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.
Originally published at The Associated Press