U.S., Thailand, Singapore begin Cope Tiger 2011

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  • 13th Air Force Public Affairs
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --  Aviation and ground units from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, the Royal Thai Air Force and Army, and the Republic of Singapore Air Force will participate in Cope Tiger 2011, a field training exercise, in Thailand March 14 through 25.

Cope Tiger is an annual, multilateral aerial large force exercise conducted in the Asia-Pacific region. It takes place at Korat and Udon Thani Royal Thai Air Force Bases in Thailand.

More than 2,200 people will participate in the exercise, including approximately 700 U.S. servicemembers and 1,500 servicemembers from Thailand and Singapore. The field training exercise includes a combined total of 134 aircraft and air defense units, 38 of which will be U.S. aircraft.

U.S. aircraft scheduled to participate in Cope Tiger 2011 include the C-130 Hercules, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the C-17 Globemaster III, the KC-135 Stratotanker, the F/A -18 Hornet, and the F-15 Eagle.

Cope Tiger 2011 is a multilateral joint and combined field training exercise. The exercise enhances combined readiness and interoperability, reinforces the U.S. commitment to the Asia-Pacific region, and demonstrates U.S. capability to project combined and joint forces strategically in a multilateral environment.