Airmen arrive in Thailand for Cope Tiger 2010

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Airmen arrived in Thailand Feb. 26 to join servicemembers from Singapore and Thailand for the Cope Tiger 2010 field training exercise.

This year's exercise will take place March 1 through 12 at Korat and Udon Thani Royal Thai Air Force bases in Thailand.

Cope Tiger is an annual, multilateral aerial large force exercise conducted in the Asia-Pacific region that includes humanitarian and civic assistance programs.

More than 1,600 people will participate in the exercise, including approximately 500 U.S. servicemembers and 1,100 servicemembers from Thailand and Singapore. The field training exercise includes a combined total of 120 aircraft and air defense units, 21 of which will be U.S. aircraft.