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IAF's massive show of strength in February-March 2013

By SP's Special Correspondent December 14, 2012 Photo(s): By IAF
IAF Exercise Vayu Shakti 2010

Starting off with a firepower demonstration at the Pokhran range in Rajasthan in February, the Indian Air Force will rev up to one of its largest ever exercises codenamed Livewire in March 2013. In terms of sheer scale and complexity, Livewire will be more intricate and grand than any war game the IAF has ever engaged in, and has taken months to plan. While the fire power demonstration will involve operations through the day involving nearly all fighter types of the IAF (including, for the first time, the LCA Tejas), Livewire will involve an integrated national-level war game involving each command and formation performing drills separately and together across the spectrum of operations, including offensive/defensive operations, use of space-based assets, network-centric warfare, sensor fusion at a national level integrated deterrence and strategic reach.

The IAF will also, notably, be participating in the Red Flag Nellis exercise next year with the USAF and other foreign air forces. The two exercises on home soil would therefore heat things up and put pilots in combat mode for the prestigious international drill. The last time the IAF participated in Red Flag was in 2008 when it send a detachment of Su-30MKIs to Nellis AFB in Nevada.