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World watches when India's best take flight

August 11, 2008
The exercises are not designed to target any specific country or threat, but to test how the forces would work together during large scale missions, said Capt Marcus Wilson, team chief for the exercises.

'We will learn how our allies operate in response to similar threats,' Wilson said in a statement.

'It will allow us to build observations to eventually learn those lessons about what it takes to integrate, talk, fly with, employ, deploy and sustain air power with countries like India, South Korea and France,' he added.

Wilson said more than 1,000 people would participate in simulations, ranging from bomb-dropping to hostage rescue.

Image: A crewman performs a post-flight check on a French Air Force Rafale fighter.
Photograph: US Air Force photo by Chief Master Sgt Gary Emery

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