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US Air Force, India to begin bilateral exercise in Agra from Thursday |
The US and Indian air forces will train together during "Exercise Cope India" from
October 15 to 24 at Air Force Station Agra in Uttar Pradesh. This year's "Cope
India" will be an airlift exercise that focuses on the humanitarian assistance
and disaster relief mission. More than 150 US airmen, along with three C-130H
Hercules, one C-17 Globemaster III, and one C-130J, will join Indian Air Force
airmen and one IL-76 Gajraj, four AN-32 Sutlejes, two MI-17 Prataps, and one Chetak
Alouette III for the exercise, a US Embassy release said. "Cope India" participants
will exchange airlift, airland and airdrop delivery techniques; participate in
aeromedical and disaster management exercises; conduct cooperative flight operations,
to include aircraft generation and recovery, low-level navigation, tactical airdrop,
and air-land missions; and conduct subject matter expert exchanges in the operations,
maintenance, and rigging disciplines. This exercise continues to strengthen the
bond between the U.S. and Indian air forces, and will be the fourth installment
of "Cope India". "Cope India is a bold testament to the strong and growing relationship
our two great countries share on strategic issues such as humanitarian assistance,
disaster relief, and national security," U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer
said. "As President Obama has said, Indians have no greater friend or partner
than the people of the United States," he added. |
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