Gearing up for Cope TIger
KORAT ROYAL THAI AIR BASE, Thailand – Maintainers of the 961st Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron conduct post flight inspections and servicing on the E-3 Sentry AWACS upon arrival here from Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 24. The 36-member team on the aircraft included crew members, maintainers, and security forces from Kadena and Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. The Airmen are here for Exercise Cope Tiger '08, a Thai- and U.S.-sponsored multilateral joint and combined field training exercise, and humanitarian/civic assistance exercise. Cope Tiger enhances combined readiness and interoperability, reinforces U.S. commitment to the Southeast Asian region, and demonstrates our capability to project combined and joint forces strategically in a multilateral environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Renee Lee)