Cope India 04 Gains Flight
In their biggest-ever fighter maneuvers, India and United States
on Monday commenced a ten-day joint air exercises over the North
Indian territory of Gwalior, pitting the Indian Air Force (IAF)
against one of the most hi-tech forces in the world. In the combat
exercises code-named Cope India 04, the Pacific Command of the US
Air Force (USAF) will pit its F-15C air superiority fighters
against the Indian Air Forces Mig-21, Mig 29 and Sukhoi-30 fighters
as well as a Gwalior-based Mirage 2000 fighter in simulated Beyond
Visual Range Combat, high value asset protection and a number of
the low and high altitude combat missions. Dissimilar AIR COMBAT
TRAINING, otherwise known as DACT, is simulated combat flying
between two different types of aircraft.