Exercises/Operations in News September 2024

Name

Type

Participants

Brief Description

AIKYA

Disaster manage-ment exercise

representatives from six southern states/UTs: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Puducherry

• Organized by: National Disaster Management and the Army Southern Command in Chennai.
• "Aikya," meaning "Oneness" in Tamil,

Exercise Eastern Bridge VII

Air Force Exercise

India-Oman

• Edition- 7^th
• Concluded at- Masirah (Oman)
• Beyond Eastern Bridge: India and Oman also conduct other joint exercises:

• Naseem Al-Bahr: A naval exercise
• Al Najah: A joint exercise between the Indian Army and the Royal Army of Oman.

AL NAJAH V

Joint Military Exercise

India-Oman

• Edition-5^th
• Held at- Rabkoot Training Area in Salalah, Oman

Exercise Varuna

Naval Exercise

India-France

• Edition-22^nd
• Held at- the Mediterranean Sea.
• Indian Navy was represented by the frontline stealth frigate, INS Tabar, the ship borne Helicopter; LRMR Aircraft P8I,

Yudh Abhyas

Military exercise

India-US

• Edition-20^th
• Held at- Rajasthan

Tarang Shakti

Air Exercise

Multinational Exercise

• India's first multinational air exercise.
• The exercise took place in two phases, with the first phase held in Sular, Tamil Nadu from August 6–14, 2024, and the second phase held in Jodhpur, Rajasthan from August 29–September 14, 2024.