Indian airmen take training trip to Misawa
Two pilots, two controllers and two safety officers from the Indian Air Force visited Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 21-27 as part of a bilateral exchange.
Misawa and Kadena Air Base on Okinawa are gearing up to send the 35th Fighter Wing and 961st Airborne Warning and Control Systems to India. Misawa Air Base will send twelve F-16 CJs and Kadena will send an E-3 AWACS to Cope India Nov. 7-19.
Lt. Col. Ganapathiraju Srinivas, a wing commander and MiG-29 fighter pilot, got to fly in an F-16 during the trip.
At the same time, Misawa and Kadena each sent one airman to India. The two got rides in a Russian-made Su-30 fighter, one of the Indian officers said.
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