U.S., Thailand air forces enhance relationship through bilateral engagement

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Russell L. Mack, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) deputy commander (center right), Royal Thai Air Force Air Marshal Tarin Punsri (center left), and attendees pose for a photo in the Courtyard of Heroes at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 15, 2018. PACAF and the Royal Thai Air Force leadership discussed expanding bilateral engagements, regional security efforts, subject-matter expert exchanges and future Cope Tiger exercises during the four-day visit to Headquarters PACAF. The Kingdom of Thailand is the United States’ oldest treaty ally in Asia, with ties between the two nations dating more than 180 years. For the last 60 years, the two nations have also been committed to mutual defense cooperation by treaty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric Donner)

U.S., Thailand air forces enhance relationship through bilateral engagement

Published May 21, 2018
By Tech. Sgt. Eric Donner
Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Russell L. Mack, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) deputy commander (center right), Royal Thai Air Force Air Marshal Tarin Punsri (center left), and attendees pose for a photo in the Courtyard of Heroes at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 15, 2018. PACAF and the Royal Thai Air Force leadership discussed expanding bilateral engagements, regional security efforts, subject-matter expert exchanges and future Cope Tiger exercises during the four-day visit to Headquarters PACAF. The Kingdom of Thailand is the United States’ oldest treaty ally in Asia, with ties between the two nations dating more than 180 years. For the last 60 years, the two nations have also been committed to mutual defense cooperation by treaty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric Donner)