KOLKATA – The Indian Air Force and the US Air Force are holding jointmilitary drills on Indian soil.
As per media report, Indian and US Air Forces will participate in abilateral exercise – ‘COPE INDIA 2019’ – scheduled to be held betweenDecember 3 and 14 of this year in West Bengal.
The bilateral flying training programme will be held at two importantairbases in West Bengal – Air Force Station Kalaikunda and Air ForceStation Arjan Singh at Panagarh.
While Air Force Station Kalaikunda is an important training air base forthe IAF, Air Force Station Arjan Singh at Panagarh has the second squadronof the C130J Super Hercules aircraft. The first squadron of the C130J SuperHercules is based at Hindon.
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COPE INDIA began in 2004 as a fighter training exercise held at Air ForceStation Gwalior. The exercise included flight tests, practice anddemonstrations as well as lectures on subjects related to aviation.
The exercise has evolved to incorporate subject matter expert exchanges,air mobility training, airdrop training and large-force exercises, inaddition to fighter-training exercises. The exercise was last held in 2010.
