OPS & TRAINING

THREE-NATION AIR EXERCISE SOARS AGAIN

01 Dec 2005

STORY // Delvin Lee
PHOTO // Alvin Lim

Preparations are being made for 90 aircraft and 1200 personnel to participate in the second phase of an exercise, which involves the air forces of Singapore, Thailand and the United States.

More than 1260 sorties will be flown over 12 days in Korat, Thailand, next February.

The first phase of Exercise Cope Tiger, a command post exercise, began in Singapore on 28 Nov.

Through various mission planning and training sessions, exercise participants will learn more about each other's operating procedures.

Singapore's Chief of Air Force, Major-General Lim Kim Choon (left); Thailand's Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat (centre); and US Commander of Pacific Air Operations Centre, Hickam Air Force Base, Brigadier-General Gregory J. Ihde (right), officiated at the opening ceremony of Exercise Cope Tiger on 30 Nov.

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