Seven F/A-18A Hornets, E-7A Wedgetail, KC-30A Multi-role Tanker and a C-130J Hercules along with 230 Air Force personnel participated in a world-class air combat and surveillance training in the skies above Guam from 4 -- 15 February as part of Exercise Cope North Guam 2013.
Exercise Cope North Guam aims to cultivate regional ties and seeks to enhance Australia's interoperability with the armed forces of Japan and the United States of America.
The bilateral exercise is designed to enhance joint operational capability alongside military aircraft from the United States Air Force (USAF) and Japanese Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF). During Cope North 2013, participating forces will train together to improve coalition strike capabilities against transnational terrorist threats.
This is the second time the Royal Australian Air Force has participated in Cope North Guam. The exercise provides a quality venue to develop multilateral interoperability and coalition procedures in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, air power missions, to include air superiority, close air support, interdiction, electronic warfare, tactical airlift, aerial refuelling and airborne command and control.
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