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By Prashanth Parameswaran
Washington and five Asian allies prepare for largest iteration of air exercise next month.
The United States and five of its allies are set for the largest ever iteration of an annual multilateral air exercise to take place next month.
According to the U.S. Air Force in a press release seen by The Diplomat, the United States along with Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and South Korea will participate in this year’s iteration of the Cope North exercise, a longstanding exercise designed to enhance multilateral air operations. The exercise will run from February 10 to 26 out of Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
Cope North, which originally began as a quarterly bilateral exercise between the United States and Japan, gradually expanded in scope to include South Korea, followed by New Zealand and the Philippines which both participated for the first time in the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) portion of the exercises last year (Singapore and Vietnam also sent observers). It was first held at Misawa Air Base in Japan before being moved to Andersen Air Force Base in 1999.
Read the full story at The Diplomat