Indian Air Force Reaches Australia With 4 Sukhois For Pitch Black Exercise
Four Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets and two C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday joined a 17-nation air combat exercise in Australia.
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Four Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets and two C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday joined a 17-nation air combat exercise in Australia.
Australia on Friday kicked off its large-scale joint military exercise with 16 allied nations, including Germany, amid China's growing military threat.
Pitch Black exercise Australia: Over 100 aircraft and 2,500 personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Republic of Korea, the UAE, Singapore, Thailand, the US and the UK are participating in the exercise.
Indian Air Force contingent, led by Group Captain YPS Negi, comprises over 100 air warriors
March 15-19: F/A 18F Super Hornet May 17-21 May: F-35A Lightning II The 82 Wing Training Flight will operate F/A-18F Super Hornets over the range for dry strafe and application for a few of the days of the scheduled operations. The range overwater areas will not need to be closed. AIRCDRE Alsop said aircraft would not use the range every day for training activities and they could involve up to two waves/day application pattern and live strafe and involve lasers. "Local residents are advised access to the range (land areas) remains restricted regardless of any activities being conducted...