US, BD air forces to join tactical airlift exercise tomorrow
FE Report | Friday, 23 January 2015
US Air Force (USAF) and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) will join bilateral tactical airlift exercise at BAF Base Bangabandhu tomorrow (Saturday).
The fourth COPE SOUTH 15, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored airlift exercise, will continue until January 30.
A US Embassy press release said approximately 80 US airmen along with three US Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, 200 Bangladesh Air Force airmen and one Bangladeshi C-130 aircraft will join the exercise.
The US and Bangladesh air force participants will exchange airlift, air-land and airdrop delivery tactics, techniques and procedures, as well as develop and expand combined airlift capabilities.
Also, participants will conduct cooperative flight operations, to include aircraft generation and recovery, day and night low-level navigation, tactical airdrop, and air-land missions as well as conduct subject-matter expert exchanges in the operations, maintenance and rigging disciplines, the press release added.
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