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Exercise Cope North

United States Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs from Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska fly alongside a RAAF KC-30A multi-role tanker transport from No. 33 Squadron during Exercise Cope North 2021 in Guam.
2 March 2021
Air Force International engagement

Exercise filled with refuelling missions

A KC-30A off-loaded 318,000 litres of fuel to US fighter jets in 17 air-to-air refuelling missions during Exercise Cope North.
Medical Officer Flight Lieutenant Doctor Perlon Leung, centre, with Japan Air Self-Defense Force and United States Air Force colleagues in a JASDF C-2 during Exercise Cope North. Photo: Squadron Leader Emma Flack
1 March 2021
Air Force International engagement

Aeromedical teams hone skills

Exercise Cope North gave aeromedical evacuation teams from Air Force, Japan and the United States the opportunity to work together.
Chaplain Stuart Asquith shares a COVID-safe elbow tap with Warrant Officer Yoshiaki Tanide, of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. Photo: Technical Sergeant Jerilyn Quintanilla
26 February 2021
Air Force COVID-19

COVID-safe chaplaincy during exercise

COVID-19 has impacted many exercises for the ADF and for Chaplain Stuart Asquith on Exercise Cope North it was no different. 
Wing Commander Stuart Wheal, left, United States Air Force Commander Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Denzer and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Commander Major Kenji Hoka during Exercise Cope North 21. Photo: Squadron Leader David Weekley
26 February 2021
Air Force International engagement

Nations work together in airbase exercise

Air Force personnel work with their United States and Japanese counterparts to reopen an airfield in Guam on Exercise Cope North.
Lieutenant Colonel Adam Shockley from the US Air Force, Colonel Shinobu Yamamoto from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and Wing Commander Alan Brown from RAAF discuss operational matters during Exercise Cope North. Photo: Master Sergeant Masumi Suehara
18 February 2021
Air Force

Trilateral training for disaster relief

Australia, Japan and the United States combine for Exercise Cope North at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

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