(From right to left) Air Force Capt. Colton Steen, a fighter pilot with the 36th Fighter Squadron, Royal Thai Air Force Capt. Napaeakkapak Praedum, and Maj. Nitinan Chomngam, both fighter pilots with the 403rd Fighter Squadron, receive a briefing prior to flight training, Feb. 13, 2018 at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base in Korat, Kingdom of Thailand. During the training, the airmen practiced flight tactics in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 18. The exercise provides a venue for United States and partner nations to advance interoperability and increase partner capacity in planning and

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(From right to left) Air Force Capt. Colton Steen, a fighter pilot with the 36th Fighter Squadron, Royal Thai Air Force Capt. Napaeakkapak Praedum, and Maj. Nitinan Chomngam, both fighter pilots with the 403rd Fighter Squadron, receive a briefing prior to flight training, Feb. 13, 2018 at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base in Korat, Kingdom of Thailand. During the training, the airmen practiced flight tactics in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 18. The exercise provides a venue for United States and partner nations to advance interoperability and increase partner capacity in planning and executing complex and realistic multinational force and combined task force operations. Exercise Cobra Gold 2108 is an annual exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Thailand held from Feb. 13-23 with seven full participating nations. ( Army

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