A US Air Force medical and dental team has been working with members of the Royal Thai Air Force on a humanitarian mission in northern Thailand during Cope Tiger 2007. According to one Royal Thai Air Force captain, the people these airmen are serving normally have no chance to get medicine because they can’t afford it and they live in the country.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.