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| Indian AF gears up for RedFlag exercises in US |
| 2013-04-06 |
| NEW DELHI: Top-gun Indian pilots are now quietly honing their combat skills on frontline Sukhoi-30MKI "air dominance" fighters to take on the best in the world. They know it will be the closest they will come to realistic air combat without actually going to war. The IAF is getting all set to dispatch eight Sukhoi-30MKIs, two C-130J "Super Hercules" tactical airlift planes, two IL-78 mid-air refuelling tankers and one IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft, along with over 150 personnel, for the "mother" of all air combat exercises: the world-famous "Red Flag" exercise held at the Nellis US Air Force (USAF) base in Nevada, northwest of Las Vegas. The high-voltage, "network-centric" exercise will not only provide an opportunity for IAF pilots to match their combat skills with the USAF and its allies, but also serve to establish the force's capability to "project air power" by deploying "a trans-continental task force" across the globe. |
| Posted by:Water Modem |