Release Number: 010314
3/11/2014 - KORAT ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE BASE, Thailand -- Aviation
and ground units from the U.S. Air Force, the Royal Thai Air Force,
Navy and Army, and the Republic of Singapore Air Force is participating
in the Cope Tiger 2014 Field Training Exercise (FTX) in Thailand March
10-21.
CT14 is an annual, multilateral, aerial large force exercise conducted
in the Asia-Pacific region. It takes place at Korat Royal Thai Air Force
base in Thailand.
More than 760 personnel will participate in the exercise, including
approximately 160 U.S. service members and 600 service members from
Thailand and Singapore.
The FTX will involve a combined total of 76 aircraft and 42 air defense
units, including 10 U.S. F-15C/D aircraft, and 15 F-16s, six JAS-39s,
six F-5s, five ALPHA JETs, six L-39s, one C-130, one BELL 412, and one
UH-1H from the Royal Thai Air Force. The Republic of Singapore Air Force
will deploy eight F-16s, six F-15SGs, six F-5s, one G550, one KC-135,
and two AS332 to the 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.
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