April 20, 2014

Indian and French air forces to have joint exercise 'Garuda-5' from June 3, 2014

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Indian and French air forces to have joint exercise 'Garuda-5' from June 3, 2014 at Rajasthan's Jodhpur airbase from June 3 for air superiority operations.Four Rafale multi-role fighter aircraft and one air-refueller aircraft with more than 100 personnel would form the French delegation.

The training consisting of air to air refuelling, basic and advanced fighter interceptions, protection of high-value aerial targets and group combat manoeuvring would be the main focus of the exercise.Both the Indian Air Force and French Air Force would be engaged in various missions ranging from close combat engagement of large forces, slow mover protection, and protecting and engaging high-value aerial assets in the exercise at the strategic airbase near Indo-Pak border, they said.

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