Defence Minister Florence Parly: France is prepared to give India with additional fighter planes.
Very happy that Indian Air force is satisfied with its Rafale and we are very proud that despite COVID-19 the 36 aircraft will be delivered on time
Very happy that Indian Air force is satisfied with its Rafale and we are very proud that despite COVID-19 the 36 aircraft will be delivered on time
France will deliver three Rafale fighters per month for the next three months with the last of the 36 contracted omni-role fighters carrying all 13 India specific enhancements to be delivered in January 2022.
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<p>The fourth batch of three Rafale combat aircrafts will reach at Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat from France this evening. According to reports, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force’s Airbus 330 multi-role transport tankers will provide air to-air refueling to the jets over the Gulf of Oman. Later, these three aircrafts will join the Golden […]</p>
<p>The second batch of the Indian Air Force’s three Rafale fighter jets will arrive at the Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat directly from France on Wednesday as the air force prepares to form its first Rafale squadron at Ambala, officials familiar with the developments said on Tuesday. The first batch of five Rafale jets of the […]</p>
<p>The first batch of five Rafale fighter jets were formally inducted into the Indian Air Force on Thursday in Ambala air base. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, his French counterpart Florence Parly, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar attended the ceremony. The Rafale jets, produced […]</p>
<p>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a brief conversation with his French counterpart, Florence Parly, in Delhi on Thursday on ways to further boost bilateral defence cooperation. The talks took place at Palam Air Force station soon after Parly arrived on a day-long visit to participate in a ceremony in Ambala to mark formal induction of […]</p>
<p>French Defence Minister Florence Parly will be on an official visit to the country tomorrow. She will attend the official induction ceremony of the first batch of the Rafale omnirole fighter aircraft by the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station, Ambala. This will mark Minister Parly’s third official visit to India since 2017. The […]</p>
<p>The first batch of five Rafale jets will arrive in Ambala today. The fleet, comprising three single seater and two twin seater aircraft, will be inducted into the Indian Air Force at the Ambala airbase in Haryana. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France’s […]</p>