Cope India 2006

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A U.S. AWACS surveillance aircraft taxi during the joint India-U.S. air force exercises at the Kalaikunda Airbase, 130 km (81 miles) west of the eastern India city of Kolkata November 17, 2005. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw

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Indian SU-30 fighter aircraft fly over Kalaikunda Air Base

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USAF technicians and pilots alongside an F-16 fighter aircraft at the Kaliakuda air base.

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Lt Gen D A Deptula addresses the media at the conclusion of the exercises November 17.

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An Indian Air Force Mig-29 fighter takes part in the exercises


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United States Air Force pilot beside a surveillance AWACS aircraft.

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The US Air Force Lt Gen Da Deptula (R) meets an Indian Air Force and media during the final day of the joint Indo-US military exercise, 'Cope India 2005'

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A US fighter plane F16 takes off during the final day of the joint Indo-US military exercise, 'Cope India 2005' at Kalaikunda Air Base.

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A USAF technician looks over a display of parked aircraft at Kalaikunda Air Base, some 130 kms south west of Kolkata on Thursday, November 17, 2005, during "Cope India 05" Indo-US joint military exercise.

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India (AFPN) -- A 13th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon taxis past Indian Air Force MiG-27 fighters on the flightline here.

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Staff Sgts. Lyle Janey and Allen Conard and Senior Airman Sean Mcelree put the finishing touches on an F-16 Fighting Falcon as the sun sets over Cope India 06. Halfway through the exercise, U.S. aircraft had flown 97 sorties with their Indian air force counterparts.

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Indian Air Force Air Cmde B.C. Nanjapa gets a bird's eye view sitting in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon, as he and Col. Rusty Cabot discuss the fighter's capabilities.

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India (AFPN) -- F-16 Fighting Falcons, from the 13th Fighter Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan, and an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, fill the flightline here. Both squadrons and Airmen from throughout Pacific Air Forces are here participating in the Cope India 06 exercise, which began Nov. 7. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. John Redfield)


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Source : USAF

Leaders say Cope India 'great success'

by Capt. John Redfield
Cope India Public Affairs

11/18/2005 - KALAIKUNDA AIR STATION, India (AFPN) -- Exercise Cope India ‘06 ends Nov. 20, but U.S. and Indian air force leaders have already said the training has been a resounding success.

The exercise, which began Nov. 7, involves Indian Airmen and about 250 U.S. Airmen from Pacific Air Forces bases.

“Such exercises not only help in promoting mutual understanding and learning from each others’ experience, but also enhance interoperability and help refine joint operational procedures,” said Air Marshal F. H. Major, air officer commanding-in-chief of the Indian Air Force’s Eastern Air Command.

The exercise marked the first time F-16 Fighting Falcons have flown against Indian fighters -- including their newest Su-30MKI variant -- in dissimilar air combat training. E-Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft also participated.

At times, Indian and American fighters mixed it up in the air.

“We’ve learned firsthand about the capabilities of their aircraft and the skills of their pilots,” Lt. Col. Pete Bastien said. He commands the detachment of E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft here from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

This is the third Cope Thunder. Vice commander of Pacific Air Forces Lt. Gen. David Deptula said the command “is succeeding in its objectives of building greater partnerships and relationships with key countries throughout the region.”

Achieving the exercise goals is “a testimony to our men and women from both countries’ air forces in doing a lot of hard work to be able to execute this kind of exercise with the degree of success they did,” the general said.

In addition to learning from their Indian counterparts, the exercise served as a chance for U.S. Airmen to practice their expeditionary skills, said Col. Rusty Cabot, commander of the deployed U.S. forces.

“Getting to a deployed location in an expeditionary fashion -- and bringing together folks from different units who never worked together before -- was a challenge,” the colonel said.

But it was a challenge the Airmen met successfully, the colonel said.

“We pulled together as a cohesive team throughout this exercise,” he said. “It’s as if we’d been working together for years. We’ve done an outstanding amount of work.”

The F-16’s came from the 13th Fighter Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Airmen from Yokota AB, Japan, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and Hickam AFB, Hawaii, rounded out the American contingent.

Exercise scenarios began with basic fighter maneuvers before building to large force employments of mixed aircraft packages flying against one another.

In one scenario, Indian Su-30’s escorted AWACS -- and clashed with F-16 attackers.

“That’s 180 degrees from what I’ve always trained to do and thought about,” AWACS detachment commander Lt. Col. Pete Bastien said. “We think of the Su-30 as our adversary.

Through the exercise, General Deptula said participants gained “the trust of each other’s air forces so that in the future -- for any possible contingency that pops up -- we’ll be able to hit the ground running and work together.

“What that ultimately does is improve peace and stability in the region,” the general said.
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This is just a beggning ........ The Official Pictures are yet to Come ......... I belive USAF will release them pretty soon :D
 
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As soon as we get to the second page i will post some more Pics ........... There is Enough Already on thsi one :)


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