The benefits of these exercises is that a airforce can show its strength of deploying maximum numbers of its aircrafts at a given point of time and this also depicts the bond of synergy between the airmen and the pilots of different squadrons in a air force
As advised by the Prime Minister of India to celebrate the 75 years of independence all around the country and as well as the armed forces the IAF has done its part and has payed its homage to the fallen heroes of India both before and after the independence by conducting a massive elephant walk on its Ambala Air Force base which is one of the two home bases of the Rafale aircraft of the Indian Air Force
In this elephant walk a total of 75 aircrafts participated to celebrate the 75 Years of Independence and in this out of the total 75 aircrafts 25 where the French Rafales and the other 50 where the SEPECAT Jaguar fighter bombers
SIGNIFICANCE
1. TACTICS
If we look at the images released by the Indian air force it is a very impressive package of one air superiority aircraft and two other ground attack fighter bomber aircrafts by its side and this can be used very effectively at the time of war . Such packages would ensure both the elimination of both enemy`s air superiority and destruction of the Air and ground defences of the enemy and would make it very easy for the Ground forces to take a huge chunk of land from the enemy territory
2. PLACE
The Distance of this air base from both the adversaries of India i.e China and Pakistan is just 200 km and so if any given point o0f time the IAF had to go to war then they could reach the borders of these countries in a record time of just 5 to 10 minutes and with these walks the IAF would be able to deploy maximum fighter in the air at the time of WAR
3. TIME
So if we look at the changing geopolitics i Afghanistan where the Afghan Taliban have taken over the country and ever since the takeover on 15 august 2021 each and every promise made by the talibani top brass had been a PR stunt to get a recognition of legitimate government of Afghanistan from the world. And so India could not take chance to believe on the promise of taliban that the afghan taliban would not not help pakistan spread terrorism in Kashmir again
And as well this elephant walk has been done at a time when the last US soldier had been evacuated from the soil of Afghanistan and this can be sen as a warning of India to Afghan Taliban that if the Taliban regime tries to send terrorists to India then India could also strike them again where it hurts
4. MESSAGE
The Rafales are the newest fighter of the Indian airforce and the Jaguars which are been use in this exercise are more than 40 years old so the IAF wants to send a clear message to both the enemies that at any any given point of time maximum fighters of the IAF could be used in war whether it would be the newest fighter or the oldest fighter with its high caliber of maintaining the aircraft for years
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