“The two US Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) at 2 PM today with some US army personnel and equipment necessary to conduct training,” said Brigadier General Jagadish Chandra Pokhrel, spokesperson of the Nepal Army. [break]
A total of 360 army personnel – 300 from the Nepal Army and 60 from the US Army – are to participate in the training.
The main objective of the training is to develop the Nepal Army’s role in directing international assistance during a disaster-related crisis.
The joint parachute training on October 26 will commence with the arrival of a C-130 aircraft between October 24 and 25, NA said in a statement issued on Friday.
The Nepal Army and the US Pacific Command recently completed a Disaster Response and Emergency Exercise in Kathmandu.
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