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India, Britain to hold joint air exercise
NEW DELHI, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Indian and British air forces will hold a joint exercise in Agra of north India's Uttar Pradesh and Gwalior of central India's Madhya Pradesh from Oct. 13 to 20. India had conducted similar joint exercises with U.S. Air Forcein Agra two years ago.Indo-Asian News Service quoted the military source as saying that 100 Indian Air Force (IAF) officers and 100 officers of Royal Air Force (RAF) of Britain will take part the exercise named "Indradhanush." Eight Tornado aircraft, accompanied by a VC-10 aerial tanker, will participate in the exercise. Pilots of the two countries will also fly in each other's aircraft as co-pilots. The IAF will use the Mirage 2000 aircraft while other aircraft like the Su-30, the Jaguar and IL-78 mid-air refuellers will fly in the exercise. Gwalior is one of India's leading training and operational centers and the home base of IAF's two Mirage 2000 squadrons. Agra has the best training facilities and the only Para Training School in India. Posted by: john 2006-09-24 |
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