Passage Exercise with the US Navy

Consolidating synergy and interoperability was achieved during Malabar 2020 and now INS Shivalik with integral helicopter and Indian Navy’s Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft P8I participated in a Passage Exercise with the US Navy’s USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group on 28 March 2021 in the Eastern Indian Ocean Region. In a first, IAF fighters were also included in the Exercise affording the IAF an opportunity to practice Air Interception/Air Defence with the USN.