Question: Desert Eagle is the bilateral exercises between Indian air force and air force of which of the following country?
(a) United Arab Emirates
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Oman
(d) Qatar
Ans:(a)
Related facts:
- On 31 December 2016 Ministry of Defence released its Year End Review-2016 (Indian Airforce).
- Following are the major highlights:
- The much awaited Rafale deal with France was signed on 23 September in New Delhi under which France will provide 36 Rafale fighter jets to India.
- The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘Tejas’ was inducted into No. 45 Squadron of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 1 July.
- Mirage-2000s and Su-30s successfully carried out ‘touch and go’ operations on a portion of the newly constructed Lucknow-Agra Expressway on 21 Nov 2016.
- A day-night exercise demonstrating the combat and fire power of the IAF was conducted on 18 March 2016 at Rajasthan’s Pokhran firing range in the presence of the President Shri Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi.
- Stranded Indian nationals were evacuated from Juba, the capital of war-torn South Sudan on 14 July.
- The Minister of State for External Affairs, General VK Singh, flew to Juba in one of the two C-17 Globemaster aircraft in the operation which was named ‘Operation SankatMochan’
- As part of International Defence Cooperation, Red Flag Alaska 16-1, an advanced aerial combat training exercise was hosted at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, USAfrom 28 April.
- As part of International Defence Cooperation, Red Flag Alaska 16-1, an advanced aerial combat training exercise was hosted at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, USA from 28 April 2016.
- Exercise Desert Eagle II was the second in the series of bilateral exercises between the IAF and the United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAE AF) held in May-June 2016.
- History was created as the first three women fighter pilots of the IAF were commissioned at the Combined Graduation Parade at Air Force Academy, Dundigal on 18 Jun 2016.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=156049