Korat 553rd Recon Wing in Black COTTON multinational exercise conducted in two

multinational exercise conducted in two phases in the Asia-Pacific region

with responsibility for scheduling missions still remaining at Andersen AFB

post exchange and milk plant

In October 1965

shoals endangered ships making the 90 nautical mile trip from Da Nang

Korat 553rd Recon Wing in Black COTTON multinational exercise conducted in twoKorat RTAFB is a major facility for the Cope Tiger exercises, an annual, multinational exercise conducted in two phases in the Asia Pacific region. Cope Tiger involves air forces from the United States, Thailand, and Singapore, as well as U. S. Marine Corps aircraft deployed from Japan. US naval aircraft have also been involved in Cope Tiger. The flying training portion of the exercise promotes closer relations and enables air force units in the