Royal Thai Air Force 1st lt. Pollayoot Suwanruji receives an oxygen system orientation on a USAF E-3B Sentry Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) aircraft from the Senior Surveillance Technician, USAF MSgt. Darnell L. Cheeks.

During the flying portion, morning briefings for all units, staff agencies and exercise directors kept a steady focus on each day’s events. These briefings included flight schedule changes, intelligence briefings, lessons-learned from the previous day’s sorties, airspace and safety notices, planned social events, and opportunities to participate in community relations projects. Each briefing ended with a summary of activities by one of the three national exercise directors. The lessons learned from the exercise will set the stage for COPE TIGER 2003’s initial planning conference.