The exercise will be conducted from April 17 to May 5 with the IAF contingent comprising four Rafale jets, two C-17, two ll-78 aircraft and 165 air warriors.
During the three-week-long military exercise, which is scheduled to be held at the Mont-de-Marsan military base in France, the IAF will send a contingent comprising four Rafale fighter jets, two C-17 transport aircraft and two IL-78 mid-air refuellers
This will be the first overseas exercise for the IAF’s Rafale fleet. The newly inducted Rafale combat jets are deployed in Haryana’s Ambala and West Bengal’s Hasimara air bases