India-US army exercise concludes

October 19th, 2009 AGRA - The sixth edition of an annual Indian-US Air Force exercise kicked off here Monday with India looking for more operational exposure for its specialised commando force and the US eying more contracts for transport aircraft. "The IAF (Indian Air Force) Garuds will train along with the US Air Force Special Operations force to validate concepts and interoprtablity for executing special operations in a simulated hostile environment," said Air Commodore Shouvik Roy, who is in overall charge of the Cope India exercise that concludes Oct 24.

October 19th, 2009 AGRA - A five-day joint exercise involving the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) transport aircraft, Cope India-09, began here Monday. The US team comprises more than 150 airmen, three C-130H Hercules, one C-17 Globemaster III, and one C-130J aircraft while the IAF will field one IL-76 Gajraj, four AN-32 Sutlej, two MI-17 Pratap, and one Chetak Alouette III aircraft for the exercise.

October 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - About 1,000 military personnel from the Indian and U.S. Army are participating in Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2009.

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian and US air forces will train together during exercise Cope India from Oct 15-24 at the Air Force Station Agra. This year's Cope India will be an airlift exercise that focuses on the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission, a US embassy statement said.

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The U.S. and Indian air forces will train together during "Exercise Cope India" from October 15 to 24 at Air Force Station Agra in Uttar Pradesh.

October 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and the US Monday launched one of their largest-ever ground combat joint exercises codenamed 'Yudh Abhyas' (war study) at Babina in Uttar Pradesh. For the next two weeks, Mechanised Infantry Battalion of the Indian Army and Second Squadron of 14th Cavalry Regiment of 25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, comprising of 325 men from the US, would be undertaking joint training exercises.

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In what is billed as the largest deployment of Stryker combat vehicles outside of those sent to Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Army plans to deploy 17 Strykers this month to India for a major training exercise. "It's one of the most important training exercises that we've done with the Indian military to date," Army Lt.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A five-day joint exercise involving IAF and USAF transport aircraft, Cope India-09, will be held at Agra from October 19. The participating IAF aircraft include IL-76, AN-32 and Mi-17 helicopters, while USAF will participate with C-17 Globemaster, C-130J (Super Herclues) and C-130H transport aircraft.

September 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Thursday said it will hold the third joint military exercise with China next year and clarified that no such drill was planned for this year. "It was mutually decided during the last exercise that the next joint military exercise would be held in 2010, external affairs ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Army has mobilised its troops to forwards posts in Jammu and Kashmir and along the northeastern border with China in an exercise named Operation Alert, a defence official said Wednesday. About 50 percent troops on the Line of Actual Control have been mobilised to forward posts.

August 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A five-day joint exercise involving the Indian Air Force and the United States Air Force, Cope India-09, will be held at Agra from October 19, 2009. The participating IAF aircraft include IL-76, AN-32 and Mi-17 helicopters, while USAF will participate with C-17 Globemaster, C-130J (Super Herclues) and C-130H transport aircraft.

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Air Force on Friday said that India and the US will hold a joint military exercise, involving transport aircraft and helicopters, in October. "We are going to hold 'Exercise Cope-India' in October this year with the US Air Force in Agra and Chandigarh involving transport aircraft and choppers from both sides," IAF officials said.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With India-US bilateral relations growing strategically in the light of the civil nuclear deal, Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor will visit the US and hold discussions about the Af-Pak policy and regional security situation. Underscoring India's role in the strife-torn Afghanistan-Pakistan region, Kapoor will hold parleys on the issue with senior US military and defence officials.

May 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - Given the overwhelming mandate received in the 2009 general elections, the Indian National Congress-led coalition government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will now have to exercise the kind of regional and global leadership that is expected of a rising power, says a New York Times editorial. According to the NYT, New Delhi can start off with Pakistan, arguably the most dangerous country on earth.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI/KOLKATA - India and Bangladesh continued their first joint military exercise in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Thursday amid reports that the mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers, which saw the killing of at least 50 people, spread beyond Dhaka. 'The Indian Army, Air Force and Bangladesh Army have been participating in the exercise to test their battlefield tactics since Feb 22.