- Three days combined guided weapons firing exercise CROSS BOW-18 of Surface to Air Missile completed on December 8, 2018 at Air Force Station Suryalanka.
- This was a first of its kind Exercise undertaken by the Indian Air Force in which firing of four different class of missiles – AKASH, SPYDER, OSA-AK-M and IGLA was successfully carried out on 05th, 07th and 08th Dec 2018 during day and night in an integrated networked environment.
- The Chief of the Air Staff along with AOC-in-C Southern Air Command and number of other dignitaries witnessed the missile launch.
- According to the Chief of the Air Staff Birender Singh Dhanoa, this exercise will help to improve the combat skills of our missile Squadron crew and will go a long way in strengthening the Air Defence preparedness of the country.
- Further while addressing the missile combat crew, he stressed that improving professional skills during exercises of this kind will improve the combat capability of the IAF.
