Indian Ministry of Defence,
The Indian Air Force has sought permission for Red Flag exercise with United States. Red Flag Exercise is to be held to Nellis Air force Base, USA in August 2008. In this exercise Air Forces of various countries participate with their aircraft.
This exercise would give and opportunity to the Indian Air Force (IAF) to gain knowledge in the area of state-of-art technology, ground handling and logistic support. Besides, this would given an exposure to the IAF to witness some of the best practices followed by other Air Forces in the world.
The likely expenditure on participation in this exercise is expected to be around Rs. 80 crores.
This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri RR singh and Shri Milind Deora in Lok Sabha today.
