Members of the Royal Thai Air Force Parachute team prepare to board a 535th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III while at Dom Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand during Cope Tiger 2010, March 3. This event will be the first major event to start Cope Tiger, which, is an annual multilateral aerial large forces exercise conducted in the Asia-Pacific region that includes humanitarian and civic assistance programs. Twenty five members of the parachute will perform a static jump for the first time from a C-17, while the rest of the members along with U. S. Air Force jumpmasters will perform High Altitude Low Observance jumps from the back of the jet.