♦ The Indian Air Force (IAF) has made history by becoming the first non-NATO nation to participate in Exercise Ocean Sky 2025.

♦ This is a high-intensity multinational air combat drill hosted by the Spanish Air Force at Gando Air Base, Spain, from October 20 to 31, 2025.

♦ The exercise underscores India’s growing global military footprint and reinforces its role as an emerging aerospace power.

♦ IAF inducted 16 Airbus C-295 aircraft in 2025; the last was delivered ahead of schedule in Spain.