Rafale jet carrying Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lands after completing 35 min sortie
News | October 08, 2019 23:31 ISTRafale jet carrying Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lands after completing 35 min sortie
Rafale jet carrying Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lands after completing 35 min sortie
Rafale jet carrying Defence Minister Rajnath Singh takes off for a sortie
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performs 'Shastra Puja'as Rafale combat jet officially handed over to India.
Rajnath Singh to perform 'Shastra Puja' in Paris shortly. India will recieve the first Rafale jet today
All 36 jets are expected to arrive in India by September 2022, for which the IAF has been reportedly undertaking preparations, including readying required infrastructure and training of pilots.
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.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with a team of senior officials, is scheduled to travel to France for receiving the first aircraft in a ceremony. India has signed a multi-billion dollar deal with France and Dassault Aviation for procuring 36 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and France President Macron recently held bilateral talks in Paris, and then again met in Biarritz during the G-7 summit.
The France-based Dassault Aviation, manufacturer of Rafale fighter jets, signed an agreement with the government- run ITI Nagpur last month for starting an 'Aeronautical Structure and Equipment Fitter' course at the institute
IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria has said that the Rafale fighter jets and the Sukhoi jets will be a deadly combination once they start operating jointly. The Indian Air Force Vice Chief said the combination would be a cause of worry for India's enemies, including Pakistan.
"This is fake news," French ambassador, Alexandre Ziegler officially denied that Pakistani Air Force pilots were trained on Rafale jets.
Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa asserted that at present, it is going to be the best aircraft in terms of the weapons capability in the Indian sub-continent and would be also the best in comparison with what China and Pakistan have.
Rafale jets to showcase its capabilities at Aero India 2019. Earlier the two Surya Kiran aircraft had crashed during Aero Show prepration in Bengaluru
Congress continue to demand a Joint Parliamentary Committee(JPC) on the Rafale Deal
Rajnath, Prakash Javadekar slams Congress for making an issue of rafale deal, says the matter was crystal clear from the beginning and we have been saying that the allegations leveled by Congress were baseless and to gain political mileage.
After SC judgement, Arun Jaitley demands discussion over Rafale deal in Rajya Sabha
Supreme Court: We are satisfied that there is no occasion to doubt the process. A country can’t afford to be underprepared. Not correct for the Court to sit as an appellant authority and scrutinise all aspects.
"Efforts are being made to minimise accidents due to human error by providing best possible training to the air crew and technicians to meet the challenges of operating current generation fighters, as well as legacy aircraft and weapons systems", said Air Force Chief.
The 12th edition of the 5-day biennial air show will be held at IAF's Yelahanka base on the city's northern outskirts as before
He further added that inter-govt agreement for buying fighter jets like in the case of Rafale was not a first.
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