Exercise Ocean Sky 2025

• Hosted by: It is a multinational air combat exercise hosted by the Spanish Air Force at Gando Air Base, Spain, from October 20 to 31.
• Aim: To foster mutual learning, enhance interoperability, sharpen air combat skills, and strengthen defence cooperation with friendly nations.
• Objective: To train missions for air superiority in defensive counter-air (DCA) and offensive counter-air (OCA), simulating engagements between large combined air forces.
• Key Focus: Knowledge exchange, tactical refinement, interoperability enhancement
• Training and Tactical Objectives: It provide a highly dynamic and interactive environment for sharing operational doctrines and enhance proficiency through realistic combat simulations, network-centric warfare training and multi-domain air operations. 
• Indian participation
  • Indian Air force is one of the participants among others. This participation follows a recent boost in the IAF’s airlift capabilities with the induction of 16 Airbus C-295 transport aircraft.
  • The Indian contingent consists of fighter aircraft, flight crews, technical specialists, and mission analysts.
  • They will undertake tasks involving air combat, strike coordination, aerial refuelling, and electronic warfare practices.
  • Other Participants: The exercise involves more than fifty aircraft from Germany, Greece, Portugal, the United States, and India, including F-18M, Eurofighter, F-16 variants, F-15E, and Su-30MKI fighters.

Note – To know more about Airbus C-295, click here.