Exercise Desert Warrior

November 3, 2021 February 20, 2022

The Exercise Desert Warrior is a bilateral military exercise held between India and Egypt. It is held between the Air Forces of the countries.

In 2021, the Exercise was held at El Berigat Air Base in Egypt.
The exercise was held to enhance the mutual understanding between the Indian Air Force and Egyptian Air Force.

The defence cooperation between India and Egypt flourished in 1960s. Since then, the cooperation has grown. The high points of India-Egypt defence relations is that the Egyptian pilots are trained by the Indian Air Force.
India and Egypt manufactured the Helan-300 jet fighter jointly.
In 1998, the Indian Air Chief visited Egypt. This gave a lot of impetus to the enhance the cooperation. The idea of Joint Defence Committee was framed during this visit. Later, in 2006, the Indo-Egypt Joint Defence Committee was established. Since then, the committee has met six times. The sixth meeting was held in Delhi in 2016. During the meeting, several defence ties were finalised.
The military delegations from both sides visit the respective countries for exchange of professional know-how and also for joint training.
The Indian Naval Ships and Indian Air Force Aircrafts also regularly visit Egypt for joint training.