The United States plans to participate in this year’s Aero India, demonstrating the growing defense cooperation between the United States and India.
The biennial Aero India show (Aero India) is scheduled to take place Feb. 3-5 at Yelahanka Air Force Base in Bangalore, India.
The U.S. diplomatic corps in India announced on 29, the U.S. Embassy in India Chargé d’affaires Heflin (Don Heflin) will lead a senior delegation of the U.S. government and defense industry to participate in the air show.
Heflin said the U.S. participation in the 2021 India Airshow once again demonstrates the deepening defense and strategic partnership between the two countries. I am pleased to lead this year’s U.S. delegation to the India Airshow to demonstrate our continued commitment to deepening U.S.-India defense cooperation,” he said. This is consistent with India’s status as a Major Defense Partner,” and “U.S. participation in Airshow India 2021 reflects our increasingly close bilateral defense relationship and our shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific region. “
U.S. participation in Aero India 2021 provides the U.S. military and defense industry with the opportunity to deepen the relationship and defense cooperation with India,” the U.S. said. Our two militaries are working together in the Indo-Pacific region to maintain an international order built on rules.”
The U.S. announced that Kelli L. Seybolt, U.S. Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs, Lieutenant General David A. Krumm, commander of the 11th Air Force, and Major General Mark Weatherington, commander of the 8th Air Force, and other military personnel will attend the air show. U.S. defense manufacturers such as Boeing and Raytheon will also participate in the airshow. The U.S. Air Force will send a B-1B supersonic heavy bomber from the U.S. mainland to do a low-level flyover at the exhibition site.
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