Cobra Warrior 22

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Appears to be lots of rumours flying about for the up coming exercise. On social media and FC

Saudi Tornados
Indian Tejas :whistle:
Belgian F-16 rumoured for Leeming
Czech Gripen also for Leeming

NOTAMs posted suggest the exercise follow previous years Monday's, Wednesdays and Fridays
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The Indians and Saudis are worth having a go for, I think!

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I've heard that it's Swedish Gripens that are going to Leeming.

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Lots of conflicting rumours, but that sounds right.

Rumour is Indians to Waddo and Saudis to CBY.

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When would this be?
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3-22 March, apparently

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Details of traffic restrictions around Waddington have been posted on FC along with informed speculation as to actual exercise days.

https://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/ ... 7#p1382397
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Indian Aerospace Defence News suggesting 5 Tejas
Exercise Cobra Warrior is an air exercise conducted by Royal Airforce. This time it is scheduled to be conducted 7th March to 25th March 2022. According to information available as of now 5 HAL Tejas Mk1 will take part in the exercise along with 4 other unspecified IAF support aircraft, which likely will be IL78MKI and C17s.

This will be the first time IAF Tejas will participate in an exercise with foreign Airforces. Tejas has been participating in internal exercises of IAF and in numerous Air Shows for past few years. Recently 3 HAL Tejas Mk1 flew non stop 3000+ km over seas to Changi Airbase in Singapore for the 2022 Singapore Airshow. This shows the confidence IAF now holds in the platform.
https://iadnews.in/2022/02/22/exercise- ... i1HcGRbIFk
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138EAW wrote:
Wed 23 Feb 2022, 12:54 am
Indian Aerospace Defence News suggesting 5 Tejas
Exercise Cobra Warrior is an air exercise conducted by Royal Airforce. This time it is scheduled to be conducted 7th March to 25th March 2022. According to information available as of now 5 HAL Tejas Mk1 will take part in the exercise along with 4 other unspecified IAF support aircraft, which likely will be IL78MKI and C17s.

This will be the first time IAF Tejas will participate in an exercise with foreign Airforces. Tejas has been participating in internal exercises of IAF and in numerous Air Shows for past few years. Recently 3 HAL Tejas Mk1 flew non stop 3000+ km over seas to Changi Airbase in Singapore for the 2022 Singapore Airshow. This shows the confidence IAF now holds in the platform.
https://iadnews.in/2022/02/22/exercise- ... i1HcGRbIFk

IAF have confirmed their Tejas Deployment on their Twitter page, supported by a C17. Belgians confirmed F16's to Leeming.

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Reports are saying the exercise has been cancelled.
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Indian Air Force confirming on Twitter this morning they won't be attending

https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1497 ... pbeEA&s=19

Edit: tweet has since been deleted and I can't work out how to add the original screenshot from my phone.

"Indian Air Force
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In light of the recent events, #IAF has decided not to deploy its aircraft for Exercise Cobra Warrior 2022 in UK. 4:48 26 Feb 22"
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Indian deciding not to attend something that's no longer happening :laughing:

Plus with their abstention vote at the UN yesterday, they might have found the invite being rescinded, even if the exercise hadn't been cancelled?

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