German Air Force is conducting joint training exercises with the Indian Air Force for the first time, said German Ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann on Tarang Shakti-2024, which is set to begin at Air Force Station Sulur in Tamil Nadu on August 6.
The French contingent will comprise three Rafale fighter jets, one Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft and one A400M, with a total of 160 Air Force personnel.
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command, Indian Air Force, Air Marshal J Chalapati, on Sunday lauded the 33 Squadron for their glorious efforts in various operations and yeoman service rendered towards human assistance and disaster relief and aid to civil authority.