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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Bangladeshi commandos jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft over a drop zone Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South near Sylhet, Bangladesh. The exercise is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise conducted in Bangladesh, with a focus on cooperative flight operations, day and night low-level navigation, tactical airdrop, and air-land missions as well as subject-matter expert exchanges in the fields of operations, maintenance and rigging disciplines. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)Cope South 2015
                        
                        
                        Bangladeshi commandos jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft over a drop zone Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South near Sylhet, Bangladesh. The exercise is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise conducted in Bangladesh, with a focus on cooperative flight operations, day and night low-level navigation, tactical airdrop, and air-land missions as well as subject-matter expert exchanges in the fields of operations, maintenance and rigging disciplines. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)
                
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        Staff Sgt. Noel Jones prepares to board a C-130H aircraft after engines start Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South at Bangladesh air force base, Bangabandhu, Bangladesh. Cope South helps cultivate common bonds, foster goodwill, and improve readiness and compatibility between members of the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces. Jones is a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan.  (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)Cope South 2015
                        
                        
                        Staff Sgt. Noel Jones prepares to board a C-130H aircraft after engines start Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South at Bangladesh air force base, Bangabandhu, Bangladesh. Cope South helps cultivate common bonds, foster goodwill, and improve readiness and compatibility between members of the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces. Jones is a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan.  (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)
                
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        Bangladeshi commandos board a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft at Sylhet International Airport, Bangladesh, before conducting a personnel airdrop mission  Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South. The exercise helps cultivate common bonds, foster goodwill, and improve readiness and compatibility between members of the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)Cope South 2015
                        
                        
                        Bangladeshi commandos board a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft at Sylhet International Airport, Bangladesh, before conducting a personnel airdrop mission  Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South. The exercise helps cultivate common bonds, foster goodwill, and improve readiness and compatibility between members of the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)
                
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        Bangladeshi commandos prepare to jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South near Sylhet, Bangladesh. The exercise helps cultivate common bonds, foster goodwill, and improve readiness and compatibility between members of the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)Cope South 2015
                        
                        
                        Bangladeshi commandos prepare to jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South near Sylhet, Bangladesh. The exercise helps cultivate common bonds, foster goodwill, and improve readiness and compatibility between members of the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)
                
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        Bangladeshi commandos jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft over a drop zone Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South near Sylhet, Bangladesh. Cope South helps cultivate common bonds, foster goodwill, and improve readiness and compatibility between members of the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)Cope South 2015
                        
                        
                        Bangladeshi commandos jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft over a drop zone Jan. 24, 2015 during exercise Cope South near Sylhet, Bangladesh. Cope South helps cultivate common bonds, foster goodwill, and improve readiness and compatibility between members of the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Jake Bailey)
                
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Cope South 15 launches in BangladeshPublished Jan. 27, 2015
                    
                    By 1st Lt. Jake Bailey
                    
                    
                    Pacific Air Force Public Affairs
            **BAF BASE BANGABANDHU, Bangladesh (AFNS) --**U.S. Air Force and Bangladesh air force (BAF) personnel took to the sky Jan. 24, for the launch of exercise Cope South 15, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise at BAF Base Bangabandhu, Bangladesh.
Eighty U.S. Airmen along with three C-130H Hercules aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, integrated with approximately 200 Bangladesh  airmen and one Bangladeshi C-130B during the exercise, scheduled through Jan. 30.
"Cope South provides valuable training for U.S. and Bangladeshi Airmen in air-land and airdrop delivery," said Lt. Col. Andrew Campbell, the 36th Airlift Squadron commander. "Our work here is vital in contingency and disaster-response operations. We build the personal relationships that, at a tactical level, enable us to help when disaster strikes and people are in need, not just in Bangladesh, but across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region."
Campbell said Cope South, and his squadron's activity with Indo-Asia-Pacific partners throughout the year, builds bonds that enable the region's forces to rapidly respond and operate shoulder-to-shoulder during any crisis.
The first day's operations built on previous Cope South exercises. U.S. Air Force crews safely airdropped Bangladeshi commandos using their host nation's airdrop procedures.
"My crews arrived in Bangladesh only 18 hours ago, and today, we airdropped supplies and personnel using our host's procedures," Campbell noted. "That's an uncommon capability made possible by our regular and enduring engagement that builds trust between my crews and our joint Bangladeshi partners. It's a capability unique to (U.S. Pacific Command’s) assigned forces." 
BAF Group Captain Awal Hossain said exercises such as Cope South are particularly important to BAF response capabilities.
"Bangladesh is a flood-prone country, and we have been enhancing our capability, so we can drop men and materials in a disaster zone quickly and easily to support locals," Hossain said.
In addition to cooperative flight operations, during the exercise U.S. and BAF airmen will conduct several subject matter expert exchanges focused on aircraft generation and recovery, day and night low-level navigation, airdrop and air-land tactics, aircraft maintenance procedures and rigging techniques.
"Already, it's clear this year's exercise is further advancing our mutual understanding of each other's capabilities and enhancing our ability to operate together," said U.S. Air Force Maj. Adam Staubach, the Cope South 15 mission commander.Bangladesh 



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