Vayu Shakti 2019 to showcase Indian Air Force strength

Indian Air Force will showcase its all weather, day-dusk-night operational capability on 16 February 2019 at Rajasthan’s Pokhran Firing Range in the presence of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Prior to the exercise, a full dress fehearsal was conducted on Thursday at Pokhran Firing Range.

A dress rehearsal was conducted on  in the presence of Air Marshal Anil Khosla, Vice Chief of the Air Staff. During the rehearsal, the IAF engaged numerous simulated enemy targets with various types of air-to-ground weaponry including guided and unguided bombs, rockets and guns.  Aerial targets were also intercepted using air-to-air as well as surface-to-air missiles. The entire demonstration lasted two hours. Numerous aircraft, including fighters, helicopters and force enablers will be participating in the exercise. It was showcase capabilities of fighter aircraft such as Mirage-2000, Su-30 MKI, MiG 27, Juguar, Tejas, Hawk, MiG-21 Bison, Mi-17 V5, Mi-35 and ALH MKIV.