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Tech. Sgt. Joshua Selby, loadmaster, Kentucky Air National Guard, shared his knowledge of heavy equipment airdrop procedures with an audience of more than 20 Bangladesh air force airmen at Kurmitola Air Base, Bangladesh, April 22, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Cammie Quinn)
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Selby, loadmaster, Kentucky Air National Guard, sits in on a briefing with more than 20 Bangladesh air force airmen at Kurmitola Air Base, Bangladesh, April 22, 2012. Cope South is a six-day exercise where participants are scheduled to conduct cooperative flight operations, to include aircraft generation and recovery, low-level navigation, tactical airdrop and air-land missions as well as conduct subject-matter expert exchanges in the operations, maintenance and rigging disciplines. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Cammie Quinn)
by 1st Lt Cammie Quinn
Cope South Public Affairs Officer
4/24/2012 - KURMITOLA AIR BASE, Bangladesh (AFNS) -- One U.S. Air Force Airman shared his knowledge of heavy equipment airdrop procedures with an audience of more than 20 Bangladesh air force airmen at Kurmitola Air Base, Bangladesh, April 22, 2012.
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Selby, loadmaster, Kentucky Air National Guard, is one of more than 65 U.S. Air Force Airmen participating in Cope South 2012, a bilateral tactical airlift exercise conducted with the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces.
This year, Cope South participants exchange airlift, air-land, and airdrop delivery techniques, and develop and expand combined airlift capabilities with the Bangladesh air force.
Selby shared the effect of air speed, altitude and wind speeds on parachutes upon deployment of a C-130 and other conditions to consider when conducting an air drop.
"The Bangladesh air force may be able to integrate some of our procedures into theirs," Selby said. "This exchanges allows us to share our capabilities, discuss different methods and demonstrate how to do everything safely."
Safety and terrain maneuvering are paramount issues for the Bangladesh air force.
"In our country, we practice more with paratroopers," Maj. Arman Chokldhuvy, squadron commander . "We want to experience how the U.S. Air Force flies in our terrain and use it to help guide us to be safer in low-level flying during airdrops and deliveries."
In this exchange of learning, the major said he hopes his team learns different airdrop procedures and identify possible improvements to their procedures.
"We're expecting to learn different flying techniques and aspects of flight to assist us with delivering heavy loads for disaster management missions," he added.
The exchanges will enhance Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces ability to respond to regional disasters.
Throughout the six-day exercise, participants are scheduled to conduct cooperative flight operations, to include aircraft generation and recovery, low-level navigation, tactical airdrop and air-land missions as well as conduct subject-matter expert exchanges in the operations, maintenance and rigging disciplines.
(Editor's note: We apologize to Tech. Sgt. Joshua Selby for publishing this story with his name misspelled. We have corrected the error here and appreciate the heads up from our intrepid readers.)
Comments
4/27/2012 11:47:32 AM ET The name of Maj. Arman is not Maj. Arman Chokldhuvy. He is Squadron Leader Aram Ullah Chowdhury.
Squadron Leader Asrafi, Dhaka Bangladesh
4/26/2012 11:51:12 AM ET Hey he is wearing a flight suit in the classroom.
Me, Here
4/25/2012 9:31:48 PM ET Every American feels they have to add an H to his name. Joshua SELBY. Doesn't everyone know it was Isaac Selby and the Ford Selby Mustang? Silly Americans.
David Selby, Lou. Ky
4/24/2012 10:03:18 AM ET The loadmaster's name is TSgt Selby not Shelby....
