IAF Sukhois along with US Fighter Jets on Red Flag NATO Exercise
August 28th, 2008 | by admin |The Red Flag-08, considered one of the toughest military exercises, at the Air Force base Nellis in Nevada, US, entered its final phase following the crawl, walk and run pattern of exercise.
In its largest-ever overseas deployment, IAF’s six Sukhois, two IL-78 and one IL-76 aircraft, along with 247 personnel, are now in the final “run” phase of the Red Flag exercise, pitting their skills against American F-15s and F-16s, as also French Rafale fighters and South Korean F-15K jets.
During the run phase of the exercise, a present day air campaign is replicated, in which the Aggressors’ F-16 and F-15s, are the air-to-air and air-to-ground threats to the Blue Land and its forces.
The main challenge for the IAF team has been to adapt to the USAF network and also carry out ’stand alone’ tasks simultaneously. IAF pilots have done this with amazing dexterity,
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