{"id":92085,"date":"2021-03-05T17:14:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=92085"},"modified":"2021-03-08T10:36:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T05:06:47","slug":"iaf-will-participate-in-multinational-exercise-desert-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iaf-will-participate-in-multinational-exercise-desert-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"IAF will participate in Multinational &#8220;Exercise Desert Flag&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indian Air Force(IAF) is all set to take part in the multinational Exercise Desert Flag in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise Desert Flag:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exercise Desert Flag <\/strong>is an annual multinational large force employment warfare exercise. United Arab Emirates Air Force hosts this exercise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim: <\/strong>It provides operational exposure to the participating forces. Further, Exercise Desert Flag also trains them to undertake simulated air combat operations in a controlled environment.\u00a0It involves diverse fighter aircraft from across the globe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Participating Countries: <\/strong>Ten countries including India, the United Arab Emirates, the USA, France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Bahrain are participating in the exercise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Observer Countries: <\/strong>Greece, Jordan, Kuwait and Egypt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance of the Exercise Desert Flag: <\/strong>The exercise gives an opportunity to participating countries to:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>Enhance their operational capabilities along with the mutual exchange of best practices.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute towards the strengthening of their international relations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Importance for India:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the<strong> first time India will participate<\/strong>\u00a0in Exercise Desert Flag.\u00a0Further, It is also the first time India is taking part in a multinational air combat exercise in the strategically located Persian Gulf region.<\/li>\n<li>It is for the fourth time when IAF is participating in such a multilateral exercise in the last five years. The other three were,\n<ol>\n<li>American &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/exercise-red-flag\/\">Red Flag<\/a>&#8221; in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Israeli &#8220;Blue Flag&#8221; in 2017<\/li>\n<li>Australian &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/exercise-pitch-black-2020\/\">Pitch Black<\/a>&#8221; war games in 2018<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1701975\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Indian Air Force(IAF) is all set to take part in the multinational Exercise Desert Flag in the UAE. Exercise Desert Flag: Exercise Desert Flag is an annual multinational large force employment warfare exercise. United Arab Emirates Air Force hosts this exercise. Aim: It provides operational exposure to the participating forces. Further,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iaf-will-participate-in-multinational-exercise-desert-flag\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IAF will participate in Multinational &#8220;Exercise Desert Flag&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,9],"tags":[1334],"class_list":["post-92085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-ir_2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704831635},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92085","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\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}