HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news release:
Service members and aircraft from the U.S. Air Force's 374th Airlift Wing and the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) will participate in Cope West 2026, a bilateral tactical airlift exercise at Sam Ratulangi Air Force Base in Manado, Indonesia, from Sept. 7-11.
U.S. service members will train alongside their Indonesian counterparts during the field training exercise. U.S. and Indonesian Air Force C-130s will be involved in this iteration.
Cope West 2026 will focus on Tactical Air Operations training to improve interoperability with TNI-AU tactical airlift assets and support Indonesian Armed Forces modernization efforts. U.S. and Indonesian forces will ...