List of exercises of the Indian Air Force

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The following is a list of exercises of the Indian Air Force.

NameParticipating CountryUnitsDateLocationReferences
2004
Cope India United States16 - 27 February Gwalior AFS, India [1] [2]
Sindex ISingapore Gwalior AFS, India
2005
Garuda IIFrance Istres Air Base, France
2006
Sindex IISingapore3 - 20 January Kalaikunda AFS, India [3]
Gagan Shakti-4 - 27 September [4]
Indradhanush IUnited Kingdom2 - 13 October Gwalior AFS, India [4]
Sindex IIISingapore8 November Kalaikunda AFS, India [5]
Sindex IVSingapore8 - 22 December Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore [4]
2007
Garuda IIIFrance13 - 25 February Kalaikunda AFS, India [6]
Indradhanush IIUnited Kingdom RAF Waddington, United Kingdom [7]
Sindex VSingapore26 November - 13 December Kalaikunda AFS, India [8] [9]
2008
Red Flag
  • United States
  • France
  • South Korea
9 - 23 August Nellis AFB, United States [10] [11] [12] [13]
Exercise Desert Eagle IUAESeptember Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE [14]
2009
Cope India United States19 - 23 October Agra AFS, India [15] [16]
Eastern Bridge IOman31 October Jamnagar AFS, India [17]
2010
Garuda IV
  • France
  • Singapore
14 - 25 June Istres Air Base, France [18] [19] [20] [21]
Indradhanush IIIUnited Kingdom18 October - 3 November Kalaikunda AFS, West Bengal [18]
2011
Eastern Bridge IIOman22 October [22]
2013
Iron Fist -February 2013 Pokhran, India [23] [24] [25]
2014
Garuda VFrance2 - 13 June Jodhpur AFS, India [26] [27] [28]
2015
Indradhanush IV United Kingdom 30 July RAF Coningsby and RAF Brize Norton, United Kingdom [29]
2016
Iron Fist -18 March Pokhran, India [30] [31]
Red Flag United States 28 April - May 13 Eielson AFB, United States [32] [33] [34]
Desert Eagle IIUAEMay 24 - June 3 Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE [14] [35] [36]
2017
Eastern Bridge IVOman16 - 20 January Jamnagar AFS, India [37] [38] [39]
Siam Bharat IIThailand22 - 26 May Chiang Mai, Thailand [40] [41] [42]
Sri Lanka
  • Air warrior drill team
9 - 14 JulyColombo, Sri Lanka [43] [44] [45]
Pralay Shayam-23 SeptemberHyderabad, India [46]
Indra Russia19 - 29 OctoberSergeyvsky Training Ranges, Russia [47] [48]
Blue Flag
  • Israel
  • United States
  • Greece
  • Poland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
2 - 6 NovemberUvda Air Force Base, Israel [49] [50] [51] [52]
Danx-20 - 24 NovemberAndaman & Nicobar Islands, India [53]
2018
Gaganshakti-8 - 22 AprilIndia [54] [55] [56] [57]
Pitch Black
  • Australia
  • United States
  • Netherlands
  • France
  • Germany
  • Canada
  • Indonesia
  • New Zealand
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • Malaysia
27 July - 18 AugustDarwin Air Force Base, Australia [58] [59] [60]
Bi-lateral exerciseIndonesia20 - 22 AugustSubang Air Base, Malaysia [61]
AviaindraRussia17 - 28 SeptemberLipetsk, Russia [62] [63]
10 - 22 DecemberJodhpur, India
Cope India United States3 - 14 DecemberKalaikunda and Panagarh Air Force Stations, India [64]
Shinyuu Maitri - Bi-Lateral Exercise Japan
  • C-17
  • An-32
03-7 DecemberAFS Agra
2019
Garud VI France1 - 12 July Mont-de-Marsan,France
2021
Desert Warrior- Joint Tactical Air ExerciseEgypt30-31 OctoberEl Berigat Air Base, Egypt [65]

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