Royal Malaysian Air Force BAE Hawk taxis during Cope Taufan 2014, P.U. Butterworth Malaysia June 11, 2014. Cope Taufan is designed to improve U.S. and Malaysian combined readiness and interoperability. Cope Taufan reinforces U.S. Pacific Command Theater Security Cooperation goals for the Southeast Asian region and demonstrates U.S. capability to project forces strategically in a combined, joint environment. More than 450 Airmen are participating, as well as four U.S. Air Force airframes.