INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The major exercise will witness around a dozen air forces from friendly countries, including the US, France and Australia, engage in
intensive combat drills with fighters, helicopters, transport aircraft and force-multipliers like midair refuellers and AWACS (airborne
warning and control systems).As for the second edition of the AustraHind exercise, which will be conducted at Perth from November 23 to
December 6, India has dispatched 60 Gorkha Rifles soldiers from the Army, 20 IAF personnel and an officer from the Navy on a C-17
said.The joint drills will include tactics, techniques and procedures for conducting tactical operations as well as sniper firing and
operation of surveillance and communication equipment to achieve a high degree of situational awareness, he added
The first edition of AustraHind was conducted at Mahajan in Rajasthan last year.
