Exercise Cope North:The Commander’s Eyes and Ears On the Ground

04/04/2019
THE Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Number 4 Squadron Combat Control Team has the important job of being the first on the ground to assess the viability for aircraft and personnel arrival. During Exercise COPE NORTH, Number 4 Squadron worked with United States Air Force (USAF) and Japan Air Self-Defense…

RAAF and USAF Christmas Drop in the Pacific

12/21/2018
From 05-18 December 2018, the Royal Australian Air Force joined the United States Pacific Air Forces and Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) for Operation Christmas Drop, the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation. Launching from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, C-130J Hercules aircraft delivered donated goods by…

3 Carrier Exercise in Western Pacific (2)

11/15/2017
Video:3 Carrier Exercise in Western Pacific (2)

Cope North 2015 – Maintainers

02/26/2015
This year's Cope North marked a first where Airmen deployed off Guam to the nearby islands of Tinian and Rota for the HA/DR exercise.