India-US air force exercise begins in Agra

[Vibs]

A five-day joint exercise, involving the Indian Air Force and the United States Air Force transport aircraft, began in Agra on Monday. During the exercise, participants will exchange airlift, air land and airdrop delivery techniques and participate in aero-medical and disaster management exercises involving medium and heavy-lift transport aircraft.

 

[trident2010]

Good !!

IAF will have a operational training with new C-130J Hercules and possibly USAF C-17 Globemaster

 

[Abingdonboy]

Are recently inducted IAF C-130 going to be involved in this ex? As I think the C-130 SQD (Vipers) are based at Hindon AFS.

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

How Indian made American dance in their tune.

 

[cyphercide]

How Indian made American dance in their tune.

I don't know what that was but I can't stop laughing!

 

[Abingdonboy]

A five-day joint exercise, involving the Indian Air Force and the United States Air Force transport aircraft, began in Agra on Monday. During the exercise, participants will exchange airlift, air land and airdrop delivery techniques and participate in aero-medical and disaster management exercises involving medium and heavy-lift transport aircraft.

This vid is from last such ex back in 2009.

 

[Vibs]

This vid is from last such ex back in 2009.

Yeah I know. But I keep coming across references to this across websites. Could anyone else confirm?

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

Photographs please(Garuds esp.).............Also,any news of upgraded An32's participating in these exercises??!
EDIT-Saw the An32 at the end of the video but was unable to identify whether it was the upgraded one or not!

 

[kish]

10 days before when i was passing through Agra i saw so many transport aircraft, IL 76 and AN 24 on Agra base from train more then 20 were in open. . . Is it usual or they are there cause of this exercise?

 

[Vibs]

Ok..my original source of this news just deleted his entry. I now have this instead.

Colombo, Aug 19 (IANS) Pacific Airlift Rally (PAR), co-hosted by the US and the Sri Lanka air forces, will take place at the Ratmalana airport in Colombo from Aug 22. India will also take part.

The rally is a biennial, military airlift symposium sponsored by the US Pacific Air Forces for states in the Asia-Pacific region.

This year marks the eighth iteration of the PAR exercise series which began in 1997.

The rally will focus on enhancing airlift interoperability among 21 regional militaries in support of multilateral humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations.

Exercise-related events include informational seminars and expert briefings, a command post exercise that addresses military airlift support required during natural disasters, and a field training exercise that builds upon the command post exercise.

Tabletop exercise participants include Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, the Maldives, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the US and Vietnam.

Field training exercise participation will include three US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Airlift Wing, Japan; and one C-130 each from the Royal Malaysian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and the Sri Lanka Air Force.

India to take part in Pacific Airlift Rally - Thaindian News

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

10 days before when i was passing through Agra i saw so many transport aircraft, IL 76 and AN 24 on Agra base from train more then 20 were in open. . . Is it usual or they are there cause of this exercise?

We don't operate An24's,it must be 32's