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Watch: Indo-US Hold Air Force Drills During CopeIndia 2018 Exercise; IAF Asks Twitterati To Identify The Jets
Swarajya Staff
Dec 12, 2018, 03:45 PM | Updated 03:45 PM IST
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Indian Air Force and the United States Air Force are participating in Exercise Cope India (war games between air forces of the two countries) after nine years. The last edition of the bilateral war-game was held at Agra in 2009. The 12-day-long drill is being held at Kalikunda and Panagarh in West Bengal from Monday (3 December 2018).
The Indian Air Force posted a video clip of the exercise and asked followers to guess the names of aircraft.
#CopeIndia2018 :The exercise has progressed into large-force engagement (LFE) phase. The focus is on enhancing Indian-US mutual cooperation by building on existing capabilities, tactics & force employment.
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 12, 2018
Some glimpses of integrated flying operations. Can you Identify the jets? pic.twitter.com/Psj9IrbWkc
The United States Air Force (USAF) had deployed 12 F-15 fighter jets and three C-130 transporters for the drill. Indian Air Force’s (IAF) combat aircraft Su-30 MKI, Jaguar, Mirage-2000, transport aircraft C-130J and Phalcon air-borne radar (AWACS) units participated in the drill.
SU-30MKI in d lead Murage-2000 & Jaguar on wings & USAF F-15s trail pair. Mighty & cooerative Finger Five! Wow https://t.co/eqUCm4xA1W
— Group Captain JS Malhi (@malhijs) December 12, 2018
A Twitter user provided answers to IAF’s question of naming the aircrafts.
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