✅It is a biennial multilateral tri-service exercise.
✅This multinational exercise was launched in 1980 as part of the US-brokered peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
✅This is the first time that IAF is participating in Ex BRIGHT STAR-23.
✅Participating countries: United States of America, Saudi Arabia, Greece and Qatar.
✅The Indian Air Force contingent will consist of five MiG-29, two IL-78, two C-130 and two C-17 aircraft.
✅Personnel from the IAF’s Garud Special Forces, as well as those from the Numbers 28, 77, 78 and 81 Squadrons, will be participating in the exercise.
✅Objective: To practice planning and execution of joint operations. Besides leading to the formation of bonding across borders, such interactions also provide a means to further strategic relations between participating nations.