The Royal Canadian air force conducted Exercise Cougar South at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 14, 2024. The exercise included scenario-based missions, air combat tactics, close air support training, air-to-air refueling training, and employment of precision-guided munitions.
Davis-Monthan trained the RCAF to uphold its primary mission of deploying, employing and sustaining combat search and rescue, attack airpower in support of combatant commanders anywhere in the world.
Royal Canadian air force weapon technicians arm a CF-18 Hornet aircraft during Exercise Cougar South at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 14, 2024. DM trained the RCAF to uphold its primary mission of deploying, employing and sustaining combat search and rescue, attack airpower in support of combatant commanders anywhere in the world.Royal Canadian air force Master Cpl. Denis, left, and Cpl. Bandeira, right, 425th Tactical Fighter Squadron air weapons system technicians, loads a bomb during Exercise Cougar South at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 14, 2024. DM supported the RCAF, which strengthened the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization.U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Luis Pulido, 355th Logistics Readiness Squadron petroleum, oils and lubricants technician, left, and Royal Canadian air force Cpl. Taillerfer, 425th Tactical Fighter Squadron avionic systems technician, fuel a RCAF CF-18 Hornet aircraft during Exercise Cougar South at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 14, 2024. ECS was a high-tempo, large-scale exercise intended to increase the RCAF’s fighter force readiness and maintain tactical fighter interoperability between the RCAF and the U.S. Air Force.Royal Canadian air force members conduct routine maintenance on a CF-18 Hornet aircraft during Exercise Cougar South at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 14, 2024. The RCAF defends and protects Canadian and North American airspace in partnership with the U.S.
