Indian, French Rafales To Carry Out SKYROS Wargames In Jodhpur

Dec 30, 2020,

“The French Air Force Rafale fighters would be coming to Jodhpur for the SKYROS wargames which would see them flying with Indian Rafales from the 17 Squadron and the Su-30MKI fighters deployed there,” government sources told ANI.

New Delhi: In a major development amid the ongoing border conflict with China, Rafale fighter jets of India and France will carry out war games codenamed Exercise SKYROS in Jodhpur in the third week of January next year.

“The French Air Force Rafale fighters would be coming to Jodhpur for the SKYROS war games which would see them flying with Indian Rafales from the 17 Squadron and the Su-30MKI fighters deployed there,” government sources told ANI.

This would be the first major war game of the Indian Air Force (IAF) involving the Rafale fighters which were inducted into the service in August 2020 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.

The war games being conducted are different from the routine Garuda series exercises that the two sides have been carrying out for more than a decade now and would see some complex maneuvers being carried out by the fighters of both sides, the sources said.

India had last carried out a major exercise with the French Air Force in July 2019 where the Indian Sukhois had flown with the French Rafales.

The IAF is also planning to use Rafales and Su-30s in integrated mode and a lot of steps have already been taken in this direction by the service.

Courtesy: ET