Vayu Shakti: IAF to display firepower in Pokharan today

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will display its strength in Vayu Shakti 2019 on Saturday in Pokhran’s Chandan-field firing range. Defence Minister will also witness the firepower demonstration. During this exercise, 138 fighters, warships and transport planes will show fire, war, accurate ability, bombing from these planes and destroying fictitious enemies bases will be mobilized. By making accurate targets in daylight, evening hours and darkness of night, the experience will be thrilling.

The firepower demonstrations will be held at around 5:30 during evening hours. Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the event and she would be accompanied by Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh. “Rudra” helicopters will be shown in a war-situation and how it operates during emergency situations, in addition, to make attacks in low altitude. During the fierce bombardment of the aircraft, the Akash Missile will exhibit the best warfare skills. In the alive warfare, Tejas, developed in the country will be accompanied by MiG-21 bison, MiG-27, MiG-29, Jaguar and Sukhoi.

After several improvements, the MiG-29, created with a fresh start, will showcase its new capability for the first time. On the other hand, Garud commandos will also introduce their strength to fail the terrorist attack. Apart from this, the other weapons, including bombs hitting the depths of the various capacities which were included in the last three years in the Air Force will be examined.

Notably, prior to the exercise, a full dress rehearsal was conducted on Thursday at Pokhran Firing Range. The rehearsal was conducted in the presence of Air Marshal Anil Khosla, Vice Chief of the Air Staff. During the rehearsal, the IAF engaged numerous simulated enemy targets with various types of air-to-ground weaponry including guided and unguided bombs, rockets and guns.