Britain joint exercise question

rock45

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Since India’s SU-30 MKI jets are in Britain for joint exercise does anybody know if there going to mixed up with any Typhoon's? I can't seem to find anything on that anywhere. If anybody can help thanks in advance.
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Exercise 'Indra Dhanush' Gets Underway in UK

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Exercise 'Indra Dhanush' Gets Underway in UK


New Delhi, July 4: The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) have commenced their second bilateral air [COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]exercise[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] 'Indradhanush-2007' with their personnel getting into the act at the RAF base Waddington, in the UK.

The inaugural day Monday -- primarily for familiarisation of the participating IAF's Su-30 MKI aircrew with the flying environment in UK -- saw the IAF Air Warriors flying alongside RAF F3 Tornadoes of the Leeming-based 25 Squadron -- operating from Waddington for the duration of the exercise, according to reports received here.

Also airborne were a Eurofighter Typhoon from the No 17 Squadron from RAF Conningsby, and a Hawk aircraft.

''It will be a mutual learning experience for both'', said Wing Commander AK Bharti, talking of the learning values in terms of inter-operability between the two Air Forces after returning from a sortie of a four-aircraft formation comprising the Su-30 MKI, F3 Tornado, Typhoon and a Hawk.

The 'airborne warning and control' (AWAC) [COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]system[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] experience -- a veritable electronic 'eye-in-the-sky' platform -- was also observed by a few IAF personnel onboard an E3-D Sentry AWAC aircraft belonging to RAF's No 8 Fighter Squadron, based in Waddington.

The E3-D Sentry and the F3 Tornadoes had also participated in the first edition of 'Exercise Indradhanush-2006', held at Gwalior, last year.

The exercise between two simulated air elements, the "Red Air" (aggressors) and the "[COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Blue [/FONT][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Air[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR]" (defenders) forces, will have the training element for the latter. Missions comprising multiple aircraft will form some of the intrinsic training missions, some of them highly advanced and complex.

Mediating between the two will be the "White" force, who remain neutral and whose decisions will be the last word, to mitigate differences, if any.

They comprise 'observers' from both sides, and include members from the IAF's 'Tactics and Combat Development Establishment' (TACDE) and the RAF's 'Air Warfare Centre' (AWC), the premier institutions of the two [COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Air [/FONT][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Forces[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR], constituting the 'best-amongst-the-best' aircrew and personnel on both sides. [/COLOR] --- UNI
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=44147
 
a slight update

Much was at stake of its reputation, when for the first-time-ever, the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon, developed by a consortium of European manufacturers and recently inducted into the RAF, was to engage in any kind of an aerial combat with any non-RAF/NATO fighter. The Indian Air Force's (IAF) Sukhoi-30 MKI 'air superiority fighter', which are at Waddington, UK for the bilateral air 'Exercise Indradhanush-2007', had an opponent for the befitting duel.

The operational part of the 'Exercise Indradhanush-2007' began with a series of 1 vs 1 air combat sorties. Both variants landed with their much-touted reputations intact as each side tested their potentials with their adversary in the air to their limits. These sorties were premised not entirely on having winners or losers – but more for their evaluator and training values as encapsulated in the objectives. Both sides ended-up sharing an enhanced respect for each other's capabilities – both in terms of training values, and combat potentials of the diverse aerial platforms.

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http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=29045
 
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