After The Cold War
Starting in 1998, the USAF returned to Korat RTAFB for "Cope Tiger", an annual, multinational exercise conducted in two phases in the Asia-pacific region.
Cope Tiger involves air forces from the United States, Thailand and Singapore, as well as U.S. Marines deployed from Japan. The flying training portion of the exercise promotes closer relations and enables air force units in the region to sharpen air combat skills and practice interoperability with U.S. Forces. Pilots fly both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat training missions.
American pilots fly (A-10A/OA-10A), F-15C/D Eagles, F/A-18C Hornets, F-16C Fighting Falcons, E-3B Sentry Sentry Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS), and KC-135 Stratotankers.
Royal Thai Forces fly F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-5E Tigers and Ground Attack L-39s
Singapore forces fly Northrop F-5 and F-16 Fighting Falcons.Other Republic of Singapore Air Force aircraft types used on Cope Tiger include AS-532 Cougar and CH-47 Chinook helicopters Grumman E-2 Hawkeye AEW aircraft,and Lockheed C-130 Hercules tanker aircraft.
More than 1,100 people participate, including approximately 500 U.S. servicemembers and 600 servicemembers from Thailand and Singapore.
Read more about this topic: United States Air Force In Thailand
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