IAF Chief in US for talks.

via Business Standard.

Indian Air Force (IAF) chief N.A.K Sunday left for the US on a four-day visit, during which he will hold talks on boosting defence cooperation between the two countries.
According to an official release, Air Chief Marshal Browne is visiting the US on an invitation of his US counterpart, General Mark A. Welsh III.
Air Chief Marshal Browne, who is also chairman, chiefs of staff committee, would be accepting the delivery of the second C-17 Globemaster III during the visit. The aircraft is scheduled to be delivered to the IAF July 22 at a ceremony at Boeing's Long Beach final assembly facility.
The IAF chief is scheduled to hold talks with senior military leadership of the US, including Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin E.Dempsey and Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle.
"He is likely to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues on the ongoing defence cooperation between the two countries towards strengthening the growing US-India security and defence relationship," the release said.
The IAF chief will also visit the US Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland, and US Space Command located at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
The release said that Air Chief Marshal Browne is visiting the US after 26 years. He graduated from Air Command and Staff College, Alabama, in 1987.

Hmm.

I'm going to have to update my news alerts.  It took a reader to alert me to his presence in the US (Big thanks to you...whoever you are).  Quite honestly I took news of the Indian Air Force receiving another C-17 as not really big news but the talks with our Chairman puts this in a different light.

The rush is on to bring India into our camp.

I don't think they'll bite, they value their independence too much, but I'm betting a full court press is being applied.

Side Note:  I also bet he's getting a classified brief on the F-35 and its capabilities.  If India was smart it would buy a couple just so it could war game it against its other fighters.  Think about it.  The Indians are being offered the F-35, are funding the PAK-FA, are supposedly buying the Rafale and they already have the SU-30 in service.  They could theoretically have under their roof two of the four stealth aircraft in production.  If for no other purpose than to wring as many secrets out of the lot and to develop tactics to defeat them it would be a worthwhile buy.