Six US Air Force (USAF) F-22 Raptor air-superiority
fighters arrived in Malaysia at RMAF Butterworth airbase
on 6 June to take part in the bilateral Exercise 'Cope
Taufan 2014'.
The participation of the F-22 in its first exercise in a
Southeast Asian country follows discussions in 2013.
The United States is keen to engage with Royal Malaysian
Air Force (RMAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKMs, which in the past
carried out air combat exercises with US Navy carrier-
based fighters whenever a carrier transited through
Malaysian waters.
The six F-22s are a composite detachment from the
19th and 199th fighter squadrons, both from the 154th
Fighter Wing based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,
Hawaii, and arrived from Andersen Air Force Base in
Guam. They will be joined by Boeing F-15Cs of the 131st
Fighter Squadron, 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air
National Guard Base, Massachusetts.
Both types will engage in air-to-air combat exercises
with the RMAF's Su-30MKMs of No 11 Squadron,
Mikoyan MiG-29s of No 17 Squadron, Boeing F/A-18Ds
of No 18 Squadron and BAE Systems Hawks of No 6 and
15 squadrons. The latter scenario would involve two
Hawks against one USAF fighter.
'Cope Taufan 2014' will also include a number of
logistics exercises involving USAF transport squadrons:
C-130s of 36th Airlift Squadron, 374th Airlift Wing from
Yokota Air Base, Japan, and C-17s from the 517th Airlift
Squadron, 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,
Alaska; and 535th Airlift Squadron, 15th Wing and 204th
Airlift Squadron, 154th Wing, both of which are based at
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The RMAF will be
represented by C-130s from No 20 Squadron.
'Cope Taufan 2014' takes place from 9 to 20 June with
USAF units staging out of RMAF Butterworth for the
fighter units and RMAF Subang and RMAF Kuantan for
the USAF transport and special operations units. The
exercise has also folded in the 'Teak Mint' exercise
conducted with RMAF and USAF special operations units
and the 'Balance Mint' exercise between USAF special operations and the Malaysian Army Gerakhas Special
Forces.

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