IAF is participating with Five Mirage-2000 jets, two C-17 Globemaster-III strategic airlift planes and one IL-78 mid-air refuelling aircraft, along with around 100 IAF personnel, flew from the Jamnagar air-base for the exercise at Waddington in the UK.
An Indian Air Force contingent comprising 145 Air Warriors departed Air Force Station Jamnagar today for participating in Exercise Cobra Warrior at the Waddington Air Force Base of the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom, as per an official release from the Ministry of Defence.
The Gujarat Panchayat Junior Clerk recruitment exam was postponed today after a paper was leaked in Jamnagar, hours before it was scheduled to start at 11 am.
As soon as the agencies received inputs about a possible bomb scare on the Goa-bound Russian Azur Air aircraft, the Indian Air Force (IAF) activated security protocols at the Jamnagar airport.
The Moscow-Goa chartered flight which made an emergency landing in Gujarat's Jamnagar yesterday due to an alleged bomb threat arrived at its destination at Dabolim airport on Tuesday afternoon.
The National Security Guard (NSG) found nothing suspicious onboard the Moscow-Goa chartered flight, which was diverted to Gujarat's Jamnagar after Goa ATC followed an alleged bomb threat, Jamnagar Airport director informed on Tuesday.
Jamnagar Collector Saurabh Parghi issued a statement at 11.20 pm on Monday night and said that all 244 present on the Goa bound Moscow Chartered flight have been taken out and are currently resting in the airport lounge.
An incoming chartered flight from Moscow to Goa was diverted to Gujarat's Jamnagar, a move which was triggered after Goa Air traffic controller received a bomb threat, officials said on Monday.