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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Exercise Cope North 15 participants and aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian air force, South Korean air force, Royal New Zealand air force, and Philippine air force participate in a group photo event Feb.13, 2015, at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. Cope North is an annual multilateral field training exercise that emphasizes the exchange and execution of tactics, techniques and procedures, while enhancing interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)Exercise Cope North
                        
                        
                        Exercise Cope North 15 participants and aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian air force, South Korean air force, Royal New Zealand air force, and Philippine air force participate in a group photo event Feb.13, 2015, at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. Cope North is an annual multilateral field training exercise that emphasizes the exchange and execution of tactics, techniques and procedures, while enhancing interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)
                
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        Staff Sgt. Gary Patterson marshals a forklift into position to off-load cargo during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training event Feb. 15, 2015, at exercise Cope North 15 at Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Patterson is a 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)Cope North
                        
                        
                        Staff Sgt. Gary Patterson marshals a forklift into position to off-load cargo during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training event Feb. 15, 2015, at exercise Cope North 15 at Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Patterson is a 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)
                
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        Senior Airman Gary Coe monitors the off-load of cargo used during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training event Feb. 15, 2015, during exercise Cope North 15 at Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Coe is a 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)Cope North
                        
                        
                        Senior Airman Gary Coe monitors the off-load of cargo used during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training event Feb. 15, 2015, during exercise Cope North 15 at Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Coe is a 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)
                
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        Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group and the 36th Airlift Squadron load containers onto a C-130 Hercules during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training event Feb. 15, 2015, during exercise Cope North 15 at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)Cope North
                        
                        
                        Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group and the 36th Airlift Squadron load containers onto a C-130 Hercules during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training event Feb. 15, 2015, during exercise Cope North 15 at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)
                
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        Capt. Ian Haig and 1st Lt. Eric Zane fly over Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, after delivering cargo used in a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training event Feb. 15, 2015, during exercise Cope North 15. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Haig and Zane are 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)Cope North
                        
                        
                        Capt. Ian Haig and 1st Lt. Eric Zane fly over Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, after delivering cargo used in a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training event Feb. 15, 2015, during exercise Cope North 15. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Haig and Zane are 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)
                
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        Airmen transfer a simulated critical care patient to a Japan Air Self-Defense Force aeromedical evacuation team Feb. 16, 2015, during exercise Cope North 15 at Sinapalo, Rota. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)Excercise Cope North
                        
                        
                        Airmen transfer a simulated critical care patient to a Japan Air Self-Defense Force aeromedical evacuation team Feb. 16, 2015, during exercise Cope North 15 at Sinapalo, Rota. The exercise enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)
                
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Cope North 15 kicks off at AndersenPublished Feb. 18, 2015
                    
                    By Melissa B. White
                    
                    
                    Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs
            **ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNS) --**Exercise Cope North 15 kicked off here Feb. 15, and will run through Feb. 27, marking the 86th iteration of the multilateral training exercise.
The long-standing, multinational event is designed to increase interoperability and improve combat readiness and develop a synergistic disaster response capability between the countries involved.
"It's important, so we can learn from each other," said Col. David Mineau, the Cope North 15 exercise director. "All of our forces have strengths and weak areas, but coming together, we can hone our abilities by listening to each other, increasing our interoperability and sharing techniques, tactics and procedures to make us more effective and to promote peace and stability in the region."
The exercise has two main objectives: humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) training involving air base opening and aeromedical evacuations; and an air combat training portion, which includes air-to-air and air-to-ground combat and a large force employment exercise.
There are approximately 2,000 military members participating in Cope North 15 this year from the United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and the Philippines, as well as observers from the Singapore and Vietnam air forces. There are also nearly 100 aircraft from 23 different flying units within the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Royal Australian air force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and South Korean air force involved in the exercise operations. This year is the first time the Royal New Zealand air force and Philippines air force are participating in Cope North to engage in the HA/DR portion of the exercise.
"I'm so excited to be part of Cope North," said JASDF Capt. Yasuhiro Kimura, a Cope North 15 public affairs officer. "This is a very good learning experience, and it's very important for us to work together with other countries."
Andersen Air Force Base started hosting Cope North annually in 1999, but the event was previously held in Japan up until that point as often as four times per year. The next Cope North exercise is slated for early 2016.Cope North 



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