| Native Name: | مشق انڈس شیلڈ |
| Native Name Lang: | Urdu |
| Status: | Active |
| Genre: | Military exercise |
| Venue: | PAF Base Mushaf |
| Founders: | --> |
| Last: | Indus Shield 2023 |
| Participants: | Pakistan Air Force & allied air forces |
| Organised: | PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence |
Exercise Indus Shield is a large scale international aerial warfare exercise held by the Airpower Centre of Excellence (ACE) at Sargodha. The aim of the exercise is to simulate various tactics by enabling participating air powers to maximize their warfighting potential in air operations through synergistic employment of multi-domain capabilities in an integrated training environment.[1] [2] [3] [4] It consists of a traditional "Blue force" vs. "Red force" scenario with participants engaging each other in simulated battles.[5]
Exercise Indus Shield is organized by the PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence (ACE) at PAF Base Mushaf in Sargodha. It has hosted many other exercises including ACES Meet, Shaheen and Falcon Talon. ACE facilitates the participants of these exercises with simulating systems and expose them to battlefield environments in order to enhance decision making and strategic planning.[5] [6]
The first Exercise Indus Shield was held from 6-25 October 2023 in which 14 countries participated. These included Pakistan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Egypt, Oman, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Morocco, Uzbekistan, China and Hungary.[7] The Pakistani Airchief and Army chief along with the airforce chiefs of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Hungary also witnessed the execution of the wargames.[8]
Dissimilar air combat training, SEAD, BVR combat along with many other strategies were practiced during the exercise.[5]