USAF Zenith 1996 / Patrick AFB / Pararescue / Partnership for Peace / That Others May Live / Challenge Coin
This coin came from the private collection of Maj Gen Lee Downer. Very rare!
The aim of Cooperative Zenith is to demonstrate to Partnership for Peace nations the need for interoperability in the area of search and rescue, which includes survival skills.
Some 20 Partnership for Peace members took part in Cooperative Zenith 1996, May 7-16. Cooperative Zenith includes 53 participants from 20 PfP nations: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. It also involves 18 NATO officers from Canada, the Netherlands, and United States, and 100 Air Force people from Patrick and Langley AFB, Va. The first phase of the four-part exercise a symposium on SAR procedures, equipment and training of the NATO and PfP nations. Phase two is a cultural exchange program designed to improve mutual understanding and communication within the PfP framework. Command Post training in phase three involves practicing SAR concepts and procedures, and the planning of a short-notice SAR mission using a multi-national team. The exercise ends with a field SAR operation.
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