Exercise ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’

Exercise ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’: Relevance for UPSC Exam

• GS Paper 2: International Relations– India and its neighbourhood- relations.
• GS Paper 3: Security- Security challenges and their management in border areas.

Why Exercise ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ in news?

• Recently, Exercise Eastern Bridge-VI (2022) was successfully conducted at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 21 to 25 February 2022.

What is Exercise ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’?

• About: Exercise Eastern Bridge-VI is a bilateral exercise between India and Oman. The sixth edition of Exercise ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ was held recently in India.
• Participation: Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) participated with Indian Air Force (lAF) in the Eastern Bridge-VI exercise.

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What is the Objective of ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’?

• ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ is aimed at providing operational exposure and undertaking mutual exchange of best practices, towards enhancing operational capabilities of both the Air Forces.
• ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ will also boost India-Oman cooperation in other areas, especially in the geo-strategic area.

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Importance of ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’

• The ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ exercise provided an opportunity for fruitful interaction between IAF and RAFO elements through mutual exchange of experience and operational knowledge.
• Exercise ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ also provided avenues of cultural exchanges between the personnel of both countries.

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