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After 6 Years, IAF’s Sukhoi-30 will visit United States next April.
US ambassador Richard Verma while speaking at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. said the Indian air force would be participating in air exercises code-named Red Flag and hosted by the US in April at Nellis Air Force Base in the state of Nevada. India would be taking part in the exercises after a gap of six years, he said.
Near realistic Red Flag Exercise will be held at the Nellis Air Force Base in the deserts of Nevada. Red Flag exercise is usually held every three months for a duration of around two weeks, and it generally involves NATO allies of the US.
India last time had sent eight SU 30 MKIs of the elite 20 Squadron, along with two IL 78 midair tankers and one IL 76 heavy lift aircraft along with 91 officers and 156 other ranks. The contingent covered a distance of 19000 km after leaving the home base of Pune.
SU 30 MKIs flew nearly 140 sorties while the IL 78 and Il 76 flew 26 missions each at the last Red Flag Exercise and first-time participation of formidable Russian-built Sukhoi in a US air force exercise created lot of curiosity among USAF personnel and media but IAF did not disclose the full potential of the SU 30 MKIs, as secrecy of some of the systems and their operations had to be maintained.
After 6 Years, IAF’s Sukhoi-30 will visit United States next April. | idrw.org
US ambassador Richard Verma while speaking at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. said the Indian air force would be participating in air exercises code-named Red Flag and hosted by the US in April at Nellis Air Force Base in the state of Nevada. India would be taking part in the exercises after a gap of six years, he said.
Near realistic Red Flag Exercise will be held at the Nellis Air Force Base in the deserts of Nevada. Red Flag exercise is usually held every three months for a duration of around two weeks, and it generally involves NATO allies of the US.
India last time had sent eight SU 30 MKIs of the elite 20 Squadron, along with two IL 78 midair tankers and one IL 76 heavy lift aircraft along with 91 officers and 156 other ranks. The contingent covered a distance of 19000 km after leaving the home base of Pune.
SU 30 MKIs flew nearly 140 sorties while the IL 78 and Il 76 flew 26 missions each at the last Red Flag Exercise and first-time participation of formidable Russian-built Sukhoi in a US air force exercise created lot of curiosity among USAF personnel and media but IAF did not disclose the full potential of the SU 30 MKIs, as secrecy of some of the systems and their operations had to be maintained.
After 6 Years, IAF’s Sukhoi-30 will visit United States next April. | idrw.org
