List of exercises of the Indian Air Force

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The following is a list of exercises of the Indian Air Force.

Name Participating Country Units Date Location References
2004
Cope India United States 16 - 27 February Gwalior AFS, India [1][2]
Sindex I Singapore Gwalior AFS, India
2005
Garuda II France Istres Air Base, France
2006
Sindex II Singapore 3 - 20 January Kalaikunda AFS, India [3]
Gagan Shakti - 4 - 27 September [4]
Indradhanush I United Kingdom 2 - 13 October Gwalior AFS, India [4]
Sindex III Singapore 8 November Kalaikunda AFS, India [5]
Sindex IV Singapore 8 - 22 December Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore [4]
2007
Garuda III France 13 - 25 February Kalaikunda AFS, India [6]
Indradhanush II United Kingdom RAF Waddington, United Kingdom [7]
Sindex V Singapore 26 November - 13 December Kalaikunda AFS, India [8][9]
2008
Red Flag
  • United States
  • France
  • South Korea
 9 - 23 August Nellis AFB, United States [10][11][12][13]
Exercise Desert Eagle I UAE September Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE [14]
2009
Cope India United States 19 - 23 October Agra AFS, India [15][16]
Eastern Bridge I Oman 31 October Jamnagar AFS, India [17]
2010
Garuda IV
  • France
  • Singapore
 14 - 25 June Istres Air Base, France [18][19][20][21]
Indradhanush III United Kingdom 18 October - 3 November Kalaikunda AFS, West Bengal [18]
2011
Eastern Bridge II Oman 22 October [22]
2013
Iron Fist - February 2013 Pokhran, India [23][24][25]
2014
Garuda V France 2 - 13 June Jodhpur AFS, India [26][27][28]
2015
Indradhanush IV United Kingdom 30 July RAF Coningsby and RAF Brize Norton, United Kingdom [29]
2016
Iron Fist - 18 March Pokhran, India [30][31]
Red Flag United States 28 April - May 13 Eielson AFB, United States [32][33][34]
Desert Eagle II UAE May 24 - June 3 Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE [14][35][36]
2017
Eastern Bridge IV Oman 16 - 20 January Jamnagar AFS, India [37][38][39]
Siam Bharat II Thailand 22 - 26 May Chiang Mai, Thailand [40][41][42]
Sri Lanka
  • Air warrior drill team
 9 - 14 July Colombo, Sri Lanka [43][44][45]
Pralay Shayam - 23 September Hyderabad, India [46]
Indra Russia 19 - 29 October Sergeyvsky Training Ranges, Russia [47][48]
Blue Flag
  • Israel
  • United States
  • Greece
  • Poland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
 2 - 6 November Uvda Air Force Base, Israel [49][50][51][52]
Danx - 20 - 24 November Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India [53]
2018
Gaganshakti - 8 - 22 April India [54][55][56][57]
Pitch Black
  • Australia
  • United States
  • Netherlands
  • France
  • Germany
  • Canada
  • Indonesia
  • New Zealand
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • Malaysia
 27 July - 18 August Darwin Air Force Base, Australia [58][59][60]
Bi-lateral exercise Indonesia 20 - 22 August Subang Air Base, Malaysia [61]
Aviaindra Russia 17 - 28 September Lipetsk, Russia [62][63]
10 - 22 December Jodhpur, India
Cope India United States 3 - 14 December Kalaikunda and Panagarh Air Force Stations, India [64]
Shinyuu Maitri - Bi-Lateral Exercise Japan
  • C-17
  • An-32
 03-7 December AFS Agra
2019
Garud VI France 1 - 12 July Mont-de-Marsan,France
2021
Desert Warrior- Joint Tactical Air Exercise Egypt 30-31 October El Berigat Air Base, Egypt [65]

References[edit]

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  2. ↑ "Cope India: when India's Russian jets achieved a surprising 9:1 kill ratio against U.S. F-15s". The Aviationist. 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  5. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  6. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  7. ↑ here, RAF Details. "RAF - News by Date". www.raf.mod.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  8. ↑ "Singapore and India in Bilateral Air Exercise - SINDEX 07". www.mindef.gov.sg. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  9. ↑ "EXERCISE SINDEX 2007". indianairforce.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  10. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  11. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  12. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
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  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "India holds air combat exercise with UAE - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  15. ↑ "Indo-US Exercise - Cope India 2009 - SP's Aviation". www.sps-aviation.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  16. ↑ "EXERCISE COPE INDIA 09". indianairforce.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  17. ↑ Dikshit, Sandeep (2009-10-31). "India, Oman conduct first joint air exercise". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  19. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  20. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-02.
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  23. ↑ "Iron Fist 2013: IAF displays precision fire power capabilities in Pokhran range - | Photo1 | India Today |". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
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  27. ↑ "Indo-French Air Exercise "Garuda V"". La France en Inde / France in India. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  28. ↑ "Air Exercise Between Indian Air Force and French Air Force (Exercise Garuda V) Commences at Jodhpur". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  29. ↑ "Exercise Indradhanush: Flankers And Typhoons Battle In British Skies". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  30. ↑ "Indian Air Force to showcase combat capability at Iron Fist-2016". The Economic Times. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  31. ↑ "Iron Fist 2016: IAF showcases combat capabilities in Pokhran | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  32. ↑ "India and U.S. fly 'Red Flag' high". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2016-05-15. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-11-01.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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  34. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  35. ↑ "IAF Participation in Ex Desert Eagle – II at UAE". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  36. ↑ "Exercise Desert Eagle-II Concludes Today". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  37. ↑ "Indian Air Force and Royal Air Force of Oman to hold joint exercise - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  38. ↑ "Indian AIR Force and Royal AIR Force of OMAN Chiefs review exercise eastern BRIDGE-IV at Jamnagar". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  39. ↑ "Arabian Aerospace - Oman continues to build bridges with India". www.arabianaerospace.aero. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
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  44. ↑ "IAF conducts five-day exercise with Lankan air force". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  45. ↑ "Indian Air Force conducts exercises with Sri Lankan troops in Amparai | Tamil Guardian". www.tamilguardian.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
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  47. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  48. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  49. ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  50. ↑ "India Air Force heads to Israel to begin military air exercises". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  51. ↑ "IAF to participate in multilateral air exercise in Israel". The Economic Times. 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  52. ↑ Opall-Rome, Barbara (2017-08-08). "Israeli Air Force to host 7 nations in its largest-ever air drill". Defense News. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
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  54. ↑ "IAF kicks off its biggest combat drill Gagan Shakti in Jaisalmer - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  55. ↑ "Indian Air Force holds war exercise Gagan Shakti | DD News". www.ddinews.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
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  61. ↑ "IAF Contingent Returns to India on Completion of Ex Pitch Black 2018". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  62. ↑ "Exercise Aviaindra-18 Commences at Lipetsk (Russia)". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  63. ↑ "Exercise Aviaindra-18". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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  65. ↑ "Air forces of India and Egypt conduct two-day joint exercise | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. Nov 2, 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
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