Ex Cope India 2018: India- US airforce get involved in hectic drills

1.Air Force chief handing over memento

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#CopeIndia2018 : Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa visited AFS Kalaikunda, today. He welcomed all the participants of the exercise Cope India 2018.
He interacted with the forces & wished them all happy landings at KKD.@PACAF@DefenceMinIndia@SpokespersonMoD pic.twitter.com/9mKhkTAlGS

— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 5, 2018

2.Air Force chief B S Dhanoa interacting with the US Forces

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Air Force chief B S Dhanoa visited the Kalaikunda Air Force Station Tuesday to interact with participating forces of ongoing Ex Cope India 18 between India and the US, according to an official statement.

Dhanoa was briefed in about various phases of the exercise and was apprised of its progress.
During the interaction, Dhanoa emphasised on the importance of joint exercises as they create an environment of camaraderie and an opportunity to learn from each other's best practices in enhancing operational synergy.

3.Glimpses of operations from AFS Panagarh

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4.The IAF C-130J & USAF C-130H are operating from AFS Panagarh

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Special forces are also present on the site. 

#CopeIndia2018 - Air Commodore JS Mann is the IAF team leader for the exercise Cope India 2018.

Air Cmde Mann gives a brief insight into the exercise CI-18 & talks about the various forces engaged, mission planned & the overall aim.@PACAF@SpokespersonMoD@DefenceMinIndia pic.twitter.com/j0CGG6TisF

— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 4, 2018

5.Joint operation underway

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6.IAF Mirage-2000 aircraft is participating in CopeIndia2018

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Mirage is a single seat, air defence, multi-role fighter of French origin powered by a single engine. The aircraft was inducted into IAF in 1985 & has been recently upgraded with all modern features

7.USAF F-15 aircraft are participating in CI-18

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The F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather air superiority fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing). The aircraft has been in active service in USAF since 1976.

8.Su-30MKI aircraft is participating in the exercise

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Su-30 MKI is a twinjet multirole air superiority fighter aircraft developed by Russia's Sukhoi & built under licence by India's HAL for IAF. The aircraft was inducted in IAF in Jun 199