Indo-French Bilateral Naval Exercise 'Varuna-19' Concludes


Dignitaries from both the navies visited the French carrier task force and were briefed on the conduct of the exercise. An impressive flypast consisting of four Rafale, five MiG 29-Ks and one Hawkeye was witnessed by VAdm P Ajit Kumar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command, Alexandre Ziegler, the French Ambassador to India and nine French Navy dignitaries onboard the French Carrier Charles De Gaulle.
Culmination of Phase 1 of #ExVARUNA with a very impressive Air Power demonstration by Naval fighter ac of #IndianNavy & @MarineNationale off the West Coast of India @FranceinIndia @nsitharaman @SpokespersonMoD @DefenceMinIndia pic.twitter.com/0QDltIAgwS— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) May 10, 2019

Dignitaries from both the navies visited the French carrier task force and were briefed on the conduct of the exercise. An impressive flypast consisting of four Rafale, five MiG-29-Ks and one Hawkeye was witnessed by Vice Adm P Ajit Kumar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command, Alexandre Ziegler, the French Ambassador to India and nine French Navy dignitaries on-board the French Carrier Charles De Gaulle.
Some pics from the final Day of #ExVARUNA 1/n pic.twitter.com/I07X7KxyAV— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) May 11, 2019

The 10-day exercise which began on May 01 included the participation of the French Navy's aircraft carrier FNS Charles de Gaulle, two destroyers, FNS Forbin and FNS Provence, the frigate FNS Latouche-Treville, the tanker FNS Marne and a nuclear submarine.
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