NEW DELHI – Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Russian Federation AerospaceForce (RFSAF) joint exercise called Exercise Aviaindra 2018 – will commencefrom Monday, December 10 onwards.
The bilateral joint exercise between the IAF – RFSAF is a unique exerciseas the foreign contingent is participating minus its air assets.Interestingly, the Russian pilots will be flying in planes that are commonto both the Air Forces. The exercise is seen as a sign of trust between thetwo behemoths of skies.
The inaugural IAF-RFSAF Ex AVIAINDRA was conducted in 2014. AVIAINDRA-2018is the second in the series of a bilateral joint exercise between IAF-RFSAFand is planned from December 10-December 21. The exercise is planned in twophases.
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In Russia, the IAF pilots flew alongside their Russian counterparts inRFSAF aircraft at Lipetsk from September 17 to September 28, 2018. Thefirst phase of the exercise was held in Lipetsk in Russia from September17-28, 2018,
