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Indo-French Air Force Exercise Desert Knight-21 will be held in Jodhpur from 20 to 24 Jan 2021

Indo-French Air Force Exercise Desert Knight-21 will be held in Jodhpur from 20 to 24 Jan 2021
Indo-French Air Force Exercise Desert Knight-21 will be held in Jodhpur from 20 to 24 Jan 2021

Indo-French Air Force Exercise Desert Knight-21 will be held in Jodhpur from 20 to 24 Jan 2021

Indo-French Air Force Exercise Desert Knight-21: Indian Air Force and French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace) will conduct a bilateral Air exercise, Ex Desert Knight-21 at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 20 to 24 Jan 2021.

French side will participate with Rafale, Airbus A-330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), A-400M Tactical Transport aircraft and approximately 175 personnel. The Indian Air Force aircraft participating in the exercise will include Mirage 2000, Su-30 MKI, Rafale, IL-78 Flight Refuelling Aircraft, AWACS and AEW&C aircraft.

Quick Highlights - Indo-French Air Force Exercise Desert Knight-21

The exercise marks an important milestone in the series of engagements between the two Air forces. As part of Indo-French defence cooperation, Indian Air Force and French Air and Space Force have held six editions of Air Exercises named 'Garuda', the latest being in 2019 at Air Force Base Mont-de-Marsan, France. As measures to further the existing cooperation, the two forces have been gainfully utilising available opportunities to conduct 'hop-exercises'.

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The French Air and Space Force deployment while ferrying to Australia for Ex Pitchblack in 2018 was hosted by IAF at Air Force Stations Agra and Gwalior for exercise with fighters and MRTT aircraft. Presently, the French detachment for Ex Desert Knight-21 is deployed in Asia as part of their 'Skyros Deployment' and will ferry in forces to Air Force Station Jodhpur.

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