IAF’s heft shows in West’s keenness on joint exercises
First published by Hindustantimes.com on Sep 03, 2024 08:48 PM IST
Multilateral exercises such as Tarang Shakti serve as a beacon of hope and resolve for participating friendly foreign forces and send a strong strategic signal of deterrence to inimical forces and hegemons that do not wish to abide by a rules-based world order.
Profile Image: Jodhpur: Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel during a group photo at the inauguration ceremony of Tarang Shakti 2024, at the Jodhpur Air Force Station, in Jodhpur, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI08_30_2024_000251B) (PTI)
The recently concluded first phase of the Tarang Shakti exercise was the first-ever multilateral air force exercise conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) after more than six decades. The last such exercise, Shiksha, was conducted in 1963, after the 1962 Indo-China conflict — with the American, British, and Australian air forces participating in it. With the French Air and Space Force, the German Air Force, the Royal Air Force of the UK, and the Spanish Air and Space Force taking part this time, it marked a new beginning for the IAF. The chiefs of the German, Spanish, and French air forces participated in the exercise.
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