New Delhi: IAF chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria will receive five Rafale jets that will land at the Ambala air base on Wednesday for induction. The jets flew out from the Merignac air base in the French port city of Bordeaux and after covering a distance of nearly 7,000 km landed at Al Dhafra […]
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Five Rafale jets to be operational soon with HAMMER missiles
New Delhi: As integration and trial of Israeli-developed SPICE 2000 bombs with the newly-acquired Rafale fighter jets were demanding a lot of time, India has decided to fit HAMMER missiles on the aircraft in view of ongoing border problems with China in Ladakh. This would enable the Indian Air Force to make Rafale aircraft operational without […]
Atleast 5 out of first batch of 36 Rafale fighter aircrafts likely to join IAF by July end
New Delhi: At least five out of the first batch of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft are likely to join the Indian Air Force (IAF) by July end, providing it much-needed muscle amid a depleting fighter strength. The Indian Army is stretched between its northern borders with China where it is locked in multiple standoffs with […]
First Rafale jets to be seen in Indian skies in May 2020
New Delhi: The chief of Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Friday said the first Rafale fighter jets will be seen in Indian skies only by the end of May 2020. Bhaduaria was addressing a press conference here ahead of the IAF Day that will be observed on October 8. Responding […]
3 Rafale jets fly into India for Bengaluru air show
Bengaluru : French aerospace major Dassault Aviation flew to India three Rafale fighters to participate in the 12th edition of Aero India 2019 air show from February 20-24, an official said on Thursday. “Three Rafale aircraft have come on Wednesday to participate in the air show at our base here. Two of them will be […]
IAF will have largest ever induction of indigenous aircrafts: Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa
Guwahati : Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa has said that the Indian Air Force will have the largest ever induction of indigenous aircrafts ever in the country even as he said that the first batch of Rafale jets are likely to arrive as schedule in 2019. The IAF chief said this in Guwahati on Thursday […]
Arrival of Rafale jets on schedule: Air Chief Marshal
Guwahati : Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa on Thursday said the Indian Air Force will have the first Rafale jets by 2019, and that the process is on to induct a number of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) into the force. On the sidelines of a programme where President Ram Nath Kovind presented Standard to 118 […]
SC reserves order on batch of petitions seeking probe into the procurement of Rafale jets
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a batch of petitions seeking a probe into the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. A bench comprising of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S.K. Kaul and K.M. Joseph, reserved the order as Attorney General K.K. Venugopal defended the Narendra […]