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  • Cope Taufan begins for Pacific Air Forces

    Exercise Cope Taufan kicked off today, a biennial Large Force Employment exercise between the Royal Malaysian Air Force and Pacific Air Forces. More than 450 Airmen are participating, as well as four U.S. Air Force airframes, which includes the inaugural deployment of the F-22 Raptor to a Southeast

  • PACAF supports Commando Sling 14-3 in Australia

    U.S. Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force and Royal Australia Air Force Airmen will train together in Exercise Commando Sling 14-3, scheduled for Aug. 25 through Sep. 12 at RAAF Base Darwin, RAAF Base Tindal, and Delamere Range in Northern Territory, Australia. The exercise enables U.S. Air

  • U.S. Airmen share medevac capabilities with JASDF

    Taking care of your own--it is a responsibility maintained culturally by the U.S. Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. One way Airmen take care their own is through medical health care.The 459th Airlift Squadron, from Yokota Air Base, Japan, flew to Kadena Air Base Tuesday and Wednesday

  • COPE SOUTH 15 launches in Bangladesh

    U.S. Air Force and Bangladesh air force personnel took to the sky Jan. 24 for the launch of Exercise COPE SOUTH 15, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise at BAF Base Bangabandhu, Bangladesh.Eighty U.S. Airmen along with three U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft from

  • COPE SOUTH experts exchange knowledge, techniques

    The flight line here at Exercise COPE SOUTH 15 is usually a flurry of activity every morning, with maintainers firing up auxiliary power units and loadmasters finalizing their cargo plan.However on Jan. 27, there wasn't a single C-130 aircraft engine running. Instead, U.S. and Bangladesh Air Force

  • COPE SOUTH members provide special delivery to students

    U.S. and Bangladesh Airmen delivered hundreds of paratroopers and airdrop bundles to drop zones during Exercise COPE SOUTH 15 this week, but it was a special delivery that took center stage here Jan. 28. A small contingent of 10 exercise participants took time from a busy flight operations schedule

  • COPE SOUTH 15 successfully ends

    U.S. and Bangladesh Air Forces personnel joined together for the closing ceremony of Exercise COPE SOUTH 15 here Jan. 29.Airmen from each force took the opportunity to thank each other for the teamwork, professionalism and close cooperation that was displayed during the exercise."COPE SOUTH is a

  • Yokota Airmen learn valuable lessons in Tinian

    A team of Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, traveled to Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jan. 28 through 31, to prepare the Baker landing zone for COPE NORTH 2015, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise.The intent of the trip was to clear and validate the landing zone, utilizing personnel

  • COPE NORTH 15 kicks off at Andersen

    Exercise Cope North 15 kicked off Feb. 15 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and will run through Feb. 27.This year marks the 86th iteration of the multilateral training exercise which is a long-standing, multinational event designed to increase interoperability and improve combat readiness and

  • 6 nations partner during Cope North 15 HA/DR exercise

    More than 300 military members from six different countries joined together to conduct the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief portion of Exercise Cope North 15 here and throughout the region of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Feb. 15 through 18."The Pacific theater and