A team of 45 members of the Indian Air Force left for Israel is participating in exercise ‘Blue Flag-17’.
- This is the first time the Indian Air Force is operating with Israeli AF in a multilateral exercise setting.
- This exercise gives an opportunity to the IAF to share and learn best practices with some of the best professionals from other Air Forces.
- Blue Flag is a bi-annual multilateral exercise which aims at strengthening military cooperation amongst participating nations.
- Indian Air Force is participating with the C-130J special operations aircraft along with Garud commandos.
- The exercise would provide a platform for sharing of knowledge, combat experience and in improving operational capability of the participating nations.
- The exercise is being conducted at Uvda Air Force Base in Israel from 02-16 Nov 17. The team consists of personnel from various combat elements of the IAF and is led by Gp Capt Maluk Singh VSM.
