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Wendell Minnick
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TAIPEI – The 22nd Exercise Cope Tiger, a trilateral air exercise between the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), and the U.S. Air Force concluded on March 18 during a closing ceremony at Korat Air Base, Thailand.
According to a press release issued by Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), this year’s exercise included 87 aircraft, 48 ground-based air defense systems, and around 2,000 personnel, including Singapore’s Israeli-built Heron-1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
According to MINDEF, the Heron-1 is a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) UAV for strategic reconnaissance and surveillance operations and built by the Israel Aerospace Industries. It was inaugurated into the Singapore’s UAV Command in 2012 to replace the Searcher-class UAV for the 119 Squadron at Murai Camp. The Searcher had been in service since 1994. Singapore’s Heron-1 also participated in the 2015 Forging Sabre Exercise in Phoenix, Arizona. The Singapore UAV Command also operates the Israeli-built Hermes 450 UAV, which is stationed with the 116 Squadron at
Tengah Air Base.
Conducted annually since 1994, Cope Tiger is a two-phase exercise conducted first, December 8-11, at the Multinational Operations and Exercise Center in Changi Naval Base, Singapore, then, March 7-18, with a flying training exercise at Korat Air Base, Thailand.
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