Indian Air Force (IAF) and US Air Force held
joint exercises at Agra. The benefits which will accrue to IAF
from these exercises would be promotion of mutual goodwill, understanding
procedures of US Air Force, familiarisation with equipment available
with US Air Force and learning from the capabilities and experience
of US Air Force. The two exercises held at Agra were Ex Balance
Iroquois and Ex Cope India. It would not be in the national interest
to give details of number of Aircraft and Air Force personnel
of both services, that took part in these joint exercises. It
would be in the national interest to give details any such joint
exercises planned for future.
This information was given by the Defence Minister
Shri George Fernandes in a written reply to Shri Yadlapati Venkat
Rao in Rajya Sabha today.
