Amid border row with China, Indian and French Rafales to carry out SKYROS wargames in Jodhpur.

[rott]

@Mighty Lion, what good is a flute to a monkey?

 

[GumNaam]

@Mighty Lion, what good is a flute to a monkey?

well the monkey can always shove it up his own arse!

It does. All IAF Rafale pilots completed a four month air combat course on Rafales in France and this exercise will focus on conduct of surgical strikes.

oh so it's another bollywood "sir ji kal strike" movie flick and not an actual exercise then...

 

[Mighty Lion]

Franch AWACS may join too

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

Exercise Desert Knight 21
Initial set of images from the IAF:

(Spot the "Golden Arrow"?)

The French Air and Space Force contingent also arrive in beautiful Jodhpur(Courtesy the massive Atlas)

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

IAF to deploy Rafale, Sukhoi, Mirage 2000 jets in exercise with French air force

the IAF contingent will include Mirage 2000, Su-30 MKI, IL-78 Flight refuelling aircraft, Phalcon AWACS and DRDO-made AEW&C aircraft. The French Air and Space Force will participate with Rafale, Airbus A-330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport, A-400M Tactical Transport aircraft and approximately 175 personnel.

 

[Tejas Spokesman]

Indian, French Rafale fighters kickstart Desert Knight wargames
20 January, 2021
by ANI
By Ajit K Dubey

New Delhi [India]: Amid tensions on the border with China, the Indian Air Force (IAF) kickstarted the first major international wargames involving its Rafale fighter jets in Jodhpur on Wednesday with their French counterparts.
As part of the first edition of the exercise Desert Knight-21, four French Rafale fighters landed in Jodhpur after flying directly for around four hours from the Djibouti airbase using their A-330 multirole tanker transport aircraft which also landed here.
Exercise Desert Knight-21, is being at Jodhpur Air Force Station from January 20 to January 24 this year.
The French are participating with Rafale, Airbus A-330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), A-400M Tactical Transport aircraft and approximately 175 personnel.
The IAF aircraft participating in the exercise include Mirage 2000, Su-30 MKI, Rafale, IL-78 Flight Refuelling Aircraft, AWACS and AEW&C aircraft.
The exercise marks an important milestone in the series of engagements between the two air forces.
As part of Indo-French defence cooperation, the Indian Air Force and the French Air and Space Force held six editions of air exercises named 'Garuda' - the latest being in 2019 at Air Force Base Mont-de-Marsan in France.
As measures to further the existing cooperation, the two forces have been gainfully utilising available opportunities to conduct 'hop-exercises'.
The French Air and Space Force deployment, while ferrying to Australia for Ex Pitchblack in 2018, was hosted by the IAF at the air force stations in Agra and Gwalior for exercise with fighters and MRTT aircraft.
Currently, the French detachment for Ex Desert Knight-21 is deployed in Asia as part of their 'Skyros Deployment' and has ferried in forces to Air Force Station Jodhpur. (ANI)

Indian, French Rafale fighters kickstart Desert Knight wargames

Indian, French Rafale fighters kickstart Desert Knight wargames

businessworld.in

 

[khansaheeb]

Too frightened to send their own Rafales against China the Indians want confidence from the French?

 

[KurtisBrian]

wonder why the IAF doesn't get the Tejas in there too?

 

[Tejas Spokesman]

Meteor missile and IAF Rafales will taste blood soon

 

[khansaheeb]

Meteor missile and IAF Rafales will taste blood soon

Is that with or without fantastic tea?

 

[Tejas Spokesman]

Is that with or without fantastic tea?

We provide scotch not tea

 

[khansaheeb]

We provide scotch not tea

Your pilots certainly do fly as if they are drunk.

 

[KurtisBrian]

Is that with or without fantastic tea?

We provide scotch not tea

doesn't sound very Indian or South Asian, does it?

In fact Scotch sounds Scottish. Scottish y dna R1b males. Most Pakistani, Russian, Indian males are y dna haplogroup R1a. Various tribes of R1b are always attacking Russian R1a.

 

[Tejas Spokesman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1352081162190000128

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Pak needs to record the electronic signals via their ground assets....