624th RSG Reservists arrive in Thailand for Cope Tiger 2010

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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii --  624th Regional Support Group Reservists and other Airmen arrived in Thailand Feb. 26 to join servicemembers from the Royal Thai Air Force and Army, as well as the Republic of Singapore Air Force, for the Cope Tiger 2010 field training exercise.

This year's exercise will take place March 1-12 at Korat and Udon Thani Royal Thai Air Force Bases, 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.