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IAF’s Mirage-2000 to take part in multi-nation air combat exercise in Israel this month

Source : The Times of India

IAF’s Mirage-2000 to take part in multi-nation air combat exercise in Israel this month



India this month will take part in the multi-nation `Blue Flag’ air combat exercise in Israel, which will also include the US, UK, Germany, Italy, France and Greece, and follow it up with another exercise `Hop’ in Egypt. This will be the fifth time IAF will participate in a multilateral exercise in the last five years after the American `Red Flag’ in 2016, the Israeli `Blue Flag’ in 2017 and the Australian `Pitch Black’ wargames in 2018.

The IAF in March this year had also deployed Sukhoi-30MKI fighters and C-17 Globemaster-III aircraft for the `Desert Flag’ exercise in the UAE, in the first such endeavour in the strategically-located Persian Gulf region. The exercise saw participation of air forces from the US, France, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

“Over the last one year, we have participated in numerous international exercises to hone our skills, build strategic partnerships and further military diplomacy,” said IAF chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari.

“We hosted the French Air Force during exercise `Desert Knight’ in January this year and carried out operational engagements with US aircraft carrier strike groups in March and June. The IAF participated for the first time in the Desert Flag exercise in UAE and we performed exceedingly well there,” he added.

India has assiduously built stronger defence ties with the Gulf nations through military training, intelligence-sharing and some bilateral exercises over the years. Desert Flag was the first multilateral exercise India took part in the Gulf Region.

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