{"id":371449,"date":"2026-09-10T17:11:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=371449"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:41:41","slug":"exercise-veer-guardian-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-veer-guardian-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Veer Guardian-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>News:<\/strong> The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) will conduct the bilateral air exercise Veer Guardian-2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">About Exercise Veer Guardian-2026<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371455\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-371455\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/veerguardian2026photo4_20260909110737_81ad0e.jpeg?resize=300%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exercise Veer Guardian-2026\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/veerguardian2026photo4_20260909110737_81ad0e.jpeg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/veerguardian2026photo4_20260909110737_81ad0e.jpeg?resize=1024%2C698&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/veerguardian2026photo4_20260909110737_81ad0e.jpeg?resize=768%2C524&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/veerguardian2026photo4_20260909110737_81ad0e.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Exercise Veer Guardian-2026<\/strong> is a <strong>bilateral<\/strong> exercise conducted between<strong> India and Japan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2026 Host:<\/strong> It would be conducted from<strong> 9 September 2026 to 22 September 2026\u00a0<\/strong> at <strong>Air Force Station, Jodhpur.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Edition:<\/strong> This is the <strong>second<\/strong> edition of this exercise.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>First edition: <\/strong>The <strong><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">first edition <\/span><\/b><\/strong>of Exercise Veer Guardian was held in <strong><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Japan in 2023.<\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It aimed at <strong>strengthening operational coordination and sharing professional expertise.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Forces Involved: Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) <\/strong>will be participating in the exercise.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>India&#8217;s Participation:<\/strong> The IAF will deploy a diverse fleet comprising the <strong>indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Su-30 MKI and Rafale fighter aircraft.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Japan Participation: <\/strong>The JASDF will participate<strong> with its F-2A fighter aircraft.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Focus: <\/span><\/b><\/strong>It focuses heavily on <strong>strengthening interoperability, sharpening tactical combat skills, and fostering operational synergy<\/strong> between the two air forces.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Participating air warriors <strong>will engage in complex operational scenarios, including advanced air-combat manoeuvring.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The comprehensive programme<strong> also features mission-planning conferences, engineering exchanges, and focused discussions on aerospace safety.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> These efforts will<strong> help promote a free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific region.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) will conduct the bilateral air exercise Veer Guardian-2026. About Exercise Veer Guardian-2026 Exercise Veer Guardian-2026 is a bilateral exercise conducted between India and Japan. 2026 Host: It would be conducted from 9 September 2026 to 22 September 2026\u00a0 at Air Force Station,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-veer-guardian-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise Veer Guardian-2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,12039],"tags":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-371449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}