About Exercise ‘Tarang Shakti:
- It will be the largest international air exercise ever conducted in India, with invitations extended to 51 countries.
- This exercise aims to strengthen strategic relations with our friends from the international community.
- Objective: The plan is to invite friendly foreign countries with whom the IAF interacts regularly and has a certain degree of interoperability.
- Participating countries: Fifty-one countries were invited to take part in the exercise and nearly 30 of them will be taking part in it
- Phase one of the exercise will be conducted at Sulur in Tamil Nadu from August 6 to August 14 and four countries including France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom will participate with their assets.
- Phase two will be held at Jodhpur in Rajasthan from September 1 to 14 and it will see participation from Australia, Bangladesh, Greece, Singapore, UAE and the USA with their assets.
- It represents a unique opportunity for these nations to collaborate and enhance their tactical and operational capabilities.