New Delhi, April 21 -- A contingent of the Indian Air Force reached Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates to participate in Exercise Desert Flag-10, a premier multinational air combat exercise.

The IAF is fielding MiG-29 and Jaguar aircraft in the exercise starting Monday and ending on May 8, defence ministry said here on Sunday.

Exercise Desert Flag is a multinational exercise being hosted by the UAE Air Force, with participating contingents from the Air Forces of Australia, Bahrain, France, Germany, Qatar Saudi Arabia, Republic of Korea, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, and the United States in addition to the Indian Air Force.

The aim of the exercise is to undertake complex and diverse fighter engagements, with exchange of operat...