{
  "id": 9201540,
  "title": "IAF to host second edition of multinational air exercise Tarang Shakti 26 this week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/iaf-to-host-second-edition-of-multinational-air-exercise-tarang",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T21:30:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express - India",
    "slug": "the-indian-express-india",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/iaf-to-host-second-edition-of-multinational-air-exercise-tarang-shakti-26-this-week-10889829/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to host a major multinational air exercise named Tarang Shakti-26 from September 26 to October 12, marking the second edition of this event. The exercise will be held at Air Force Station, Jodhpur, and nearby air bases, with participation from 40 countries, including India, Australia, Bangladesh, France, the US, Germany, Sri Lanka, and the UAE. Around 10 Air Chiefs or their equivalents are expected to take part in the event. This edition, unlike the previous one, will feature a broader range of advanced combat aircraft, such as the US F-35s, French Rafales, and UAE F-16s, alongside various other aerial assets. Participants will engage in joint aerial operations, tactical training, and interoperability drills, focusing on Beyond Visual Range and within Visual Range combat missions, air mobility operations, dynamic targeting, air-to-air refuelling maneuvers, and combat search and rescue operations. The exercise aims to enhance tactical employment philosophy against modern Air-to-Air and Surface-to-Air weapons, improve interoperability among the participating forces, identify best practices in operations, and analyze the critical importance of precision, integrated air defence, unmanned systems, information dominance, and space-based capabilities in contemporary warfare.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "IAF hosts second edition of Tarang Shakti-26 air exercise",
    "40 countries, including India and US, participate",
    "Advanced combat aircraft like F-35s and Rafales featured"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Seven foreign air forces to join Tarang Shakti-26 exercise in Jodhpur",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/seven-foreign-air-forces-to-join-tarang-shakti-26-exercise-in-jodhpur",
        "published": "2026-09-22T19:00:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "IAF to host second edition of multinational air exercise Tarang Shakti 26 this week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/iaf-to-host-second-edition-of-multinational-air-exercise-tarang-9206274",
        "published": "2026-09-22T21:30:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}