India to host mega multinational air exercise this year

Posted on:
Key Points

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has been looking at increasing its interoperability with friendly countries, participating in a host of international exercises over the past few years..

The exercise, to be held in Jodhpur mid-year, will see participation from countries such as the US, Germany, Australia, France and Italy, among others...

Last year, the IAF participated in Exercise Orion at Mont-de-Marsan, an air force base of the French Air and Space Force (FASF)..

Exercise Bright Star-23 held at Cairo airbase in Egypt was another multinational exercise that IAF was part of last year for the first time, which saw participation of contingents from the US, Saudi Arabia, Greece and Qatar...

Personnel from the IAFs Garud Special Forces along with a contingent from the Indian Army participated in the exercise...