Two Edca sites used during rescue efforts to find divers in Tubbataha Reef — AFP

Two sites of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement were used as staging areas to help in the search and rescue operations for four missing divers in Tubbataha Reef, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said. | JEMendozaINQ

According to the AFP, three U.S. air assets stationed in Antonio Bautista Air Base in Puerto Princesa, Palawan and Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan, Cebu are being utilized to help in the ongoing mission to find the four missing Filipino divers after their boat M/Y Dream Keeper submerged in Tubbataha Reef last Sunday, April 30.

Aside from the said assets, the AFP Western Command deployed the Philippine Navy vessel BRP Carlos Albert and utilized two of its air assets to augment the ongoing SAR operations.

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