List of exercises of the Indian Air Force

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

Name Participating Country Units Date Location References
2004
Cope India United States 16 - 27 February Gwalior AFS, India [1][2]
Sindex I Singapore Gwalior AFS, India
2005
Garuda II France Istres Air Base, France
2006
Sindex II Singapore 3 - 20 January Kalaikunda AFS, India [3]
Gagan Shakti - 4 - 27 September [4]
Indradhanush I United Kingdom 2 - 13 October Gwalior AFS, India [4]
Sindex III Singapore 8 November Kalaikunda AFS, India [5]
Sindex IV Singapore 8 - 22 December Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore [4]
2007
Garuda III France 13 - 25 February Kalaikunda AFS, India [6]
Indradhanush II United Kingdom RAF Waddington, United Kingdom [7]
Sindex V Singapore 26 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 I UAE September Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE [14]
2009
Cope India United States 19 - 23 October Agra AFS, India [15][16]
Eastern Bridge I Oman 31 October Jamnagar AFS, India [17]
2010
Garuda IV
  • France
  • Singapore
 14 - 25 June Istres Air Base, France [18][19][20][21]
Indradhanush III United Kingdom 18 October - 3 November Kalaikunda AFS, West Bengal [18]
2011
Eastern Bridge II Oman 22 October [22]
2013
Iron Fist - February 2013 Pokhran, India [23][24][25]
2014
Garuda V France 2 - 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 II UAE May 24 - June 3 Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE [14][35][36]
2017
Eastern Bridge IV Oman 16 - 20 January Jamnagar AFS, India [37][38][39]
Siam Bharat II Thailand 22 - 26 May Chiang Mai, Thailand [40][41][42]
Sri Lanka
  • Air warrior drill team
 9 - 14 July Colombo, Sri Lanka [43][44][45]
Pralay Shayam - 23 September Hyderabad, India [46]
Indra Russia 19 - 29 October Sergeyvsky Training Ranges, Russia [47][48]
Blue Flag
  • Israel
  • United States
  • Greece
  • Poland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
 2 - 6 November Uvda Air Force Base, Israel [49][50][51][52]
Danx - 20 - 24 November Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India [53]
2018
Gaganshakti - 8 - 22 April India [54][55][56][57]
Pitch Black
  • Australia
  • United States
  • Netherlands
  • France
  • Germany
  • Canada
  • Indonesia
  • New Zealand
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • Malaysia
 27 July - 18 August Darwin Air Force Base, Australia [58][59][60]
Bi-lateral exercise Indonesia 20 - 22 August Subang Air Base, Malaysia [61]
Aviaindra Russia 17 - 28 September Lipetsk, Russia [62][63]
10 - 22 December Jodhpur, India
Cope India United States 3 - 14 December Kalaikunda and Panagarh Air Force Stations, India [64]
Shinyuu Maitri - Bi-Lateral Exercise Japan
  • C-17
  • An-32
 03-7 December AFS Agra

2019- Garud VI France Sukhoi su 30MKI Dassault Rafale

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