Jaipur : Australia’s Royal Australian Air Force has sent its fighter planes to India for the first time to participate in the second phase of the Air Force’s ‘Tarang Shakti-2024’ exercise. On behalf of Australia, three EA 18G Grover aircraft from Number Six Squadron, 120 airmen and other personnel have been sent to Jodhpur. The second phase of the country’s largest multilateral air exercise is being held at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 30 August to 13 September. Along with India, America, Australia, Greece, Sri Lanka, UAE, Japan and Singapore are participating in it. On Tuesday, America’s A10 with Sukhoi 30 SKI and Australia’s EA 18 with Tejas showed their prowess.
Fighter planes are showing their power
According to a statement issued by the Australian Defense Department, the Royal Australian Air Force has made the first deployment of fighter aircraft to India to participate in the exercise ‘Taranga Shakti’. In the exercise, aircraft like Rafale, Sukhoi, Mirage, Jaguar and Tejas of the Indian Air Force, A 10 Thunderbolt from the US, F 16 Fighting Falcon from Greece, Mitsubishi F 2 from Japan and aircraft from other countries are together demonstrating capabilities in air to air and air to ground operations. Australia’s Air Force Chief Air Marshal Stephen Chappell said that India is a top-level security partner for Australia. Through the comprehensive strategic partnership between Australia and India, the government gives priority to practical and cooperation. Australia’s participation in the exercise is to demonstrate advanced capabilities.
First step of wave power exercise
On the other hand, the Australian Defense Department said that Australia and India have benefited from increased air defense cooperation in recent years, including hosting the Indian Air Force Flankers in Exercise Pitch Black in 2018, 2022 and 2024. Let us tell you that the first phase of the Tarang Shakti exercise was completed in Tamil Nadu in August. It involved the air forces of Germany, France, Spain and the UK.
