Of the 12 countries, six nations will be participating with their air assets, including their frontline fighter aircraft, transport aircraft, mid-air-refullers while the other six will be joining as observers.
A Sukhoi fighter plane of the Indian Air Force crashed in Nashik district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, according to the police.
Sources in the defence and security establishment said: “About 40 trainee officers are under the newly appointed head of the Joint Training team."
Apart from India, the NATO member states, the US and partners will be participating in a 15-day-long exercise at Eielson Base in the US’ Alaska. Indian Air Force’s eight Rafale fighters, IL-78 air to air refuellers and the C-17 transport aircraft have reached Alaska with staging halts at Greece and Portugal.
Deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from March 2023 to April 2024, Major Radhika Sen was assigned the charge as the Engagement Team Commander of the Indian Rapidly Deployed Battalion.
India on Wednesday accomplished a successful test of the RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from the Indian Air Force's Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft off the Odisha coast.
Talking of withdrawal of Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir, General Chauhan said: “If we didn't have a policy, we wouldn't have succeeded in it," adding that "People were saying there would be a bloodbath in case of revocation of Article 370. But nothing like that happened."
After post-mortem, the body will be airlifted to Jalpaiguri on Monday. It must be noted that the mercury across north India has soared, especially Rajasthan. The temperature at the India-Pakistan border near Phalodi has crossed 50 degrees Celsius.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet on Sunday approved the extension in service of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Manoj C Pande for a period of one month, beyond his normal age of superannuation (May 31, 2024), i.e. up to June 30, 2024.
The Department of Military Affairs (DMA) is 'actively' reviewing feedback on the Agniveer program from all three services—the Army, the Navy, and the Indian Air Force—with the aim of making necessary changes.
