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IN PHOTOS: US Secret Service, security assets at NAIA

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November 16, 2015 | 8:21pm

MANILA, Philippines — Members of the United States Secret Service and Washington's top security assets arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for the scheduled arrival of American President Barack Obama on Tuesday.

Units of V-22 Osprey and the Marine One Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King are stationed near the Balagbag Ramp Area where Obama's plane is set to touch down.

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Obama is arriving in Manila for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit this week after his trip to Antalya, Turkey for a G20 meeting.

 

— Photos by Efigenio Toledo IV

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