Rafale Jet Delivery

Out of the 36 Rafale aircraft for which India had signed a contract with France, 32 have been delivered and out of the remaining four, three will arrive in India on time, that is, in February next year, said Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari today.

Thirty Rafale fighter jets have been delivered to India so far and the remaining six will be handed over by April 2022 as part of an inter-governmental agreement signed five years ago, Ambassador of France Emmanuel Lenain said on Thursday.

Second batch of Rafale jets arrive in India after flying non-stop from France, tweets Indian Air Force

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today held a telephonic conversation with his French counterpart Florence Parly during which she conveyed that the Rafale jets will be delivered to India as scheduled notwithstanding the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

There will be no delay in delivery of 36 Rafale jets to India as the timeline finalised for the supply of the fighter jets will be strictly respected, French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain has said.

The first four of 36 Rafale jets are expected to land in India by last week of July as the coronavirus pandemic delayed their scheduled delivery by around 11 weeks, official sources said on Friday.

A day after India got the delivery of Rafale fighter jet RB-001, Dassault Aviation, the French company that manufactures the jets, has released the first airborne photographs of the second aircraft, RB-002.

India got the formal delivery of the first of the 36 long-awaited Rafale fighter jets bought from the Dassault Aviation in France on Tuesday. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to France, accepted the handover at a facility of Rafale manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Bordeaux. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was preceded ...

Two squadrons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) including the one to which Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman belonged were awarded citations by Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria today for the successful air strike on a camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot, deep inside Pakistan, in February. A Signal Unit was also given the citation for ...

Today is a big day for the Indian Air Force. It's the IAF's 87th birth anniversary, and India will induct its newest multirole fighter jet Rafale into the Air Force at a handover ceremony in Merignac in France. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in France, will take delivery of the first Rafale made by French firm Dassault Aviation.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to receive the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets in Paris on October 8 -- the foundation day of the Indian Air Force, government sources said on Tuesday.

With the first delivery of the Rafale fighter jet to New Delhi just a couple of months away, Indian pilots flew the aircraft in France this week, at a tactical exercise between the two countries, held at Mont-de-Marsan. The Chief of Staff of the French Air Force described the pilots of the two countries flying the jet as "amazing".

The Indian Air Force chief today reiterated that there will be no delay in the delivery of Rafale fighter aircraft from France, and the first jets should arrive by 2019. But he refused to comment on specific questions in this connection.

In the middle of a massive row over the Rafale fighter jet deal, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa said today that it was a "very good package" for India and the jets would be a "game-changer".

After former French president Francois Hollande's bombshell that the Indian government had proposed Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as the India partner in the multi-million dollar Rafale jet deal and not given them a choice, the French government on Friday night clarified that they were not involved in the choice of Indian industrial partners. The ...

Out of the 36 Rafale aircraft for which India had signed a contract with France, 32 have been delivered and out of the remaining four, three will arrive in India on time, that is, in February next year, said Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari today.

Thirty Rafale fighter jets have been delivered to India so far and the remaining six will be handed over by April 2022 as part of an inter-governmental agreement signed five years ago, Ambassador of France Emmanuel Lenain said on Thursday.

Second batch of Rafale jets arrive in India after flying non-stop from France, tweets Indian Air Force

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today held a telephonic conversation with his French counterpart Florence Parly during which she conveyed that the Rafale jets will be delivered to India as scheduled notwithstanding the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

There will be no delay in delivery of 36 Rafale jets to India as the timeline finalised for the supply of the fighter jets will be strictly respected, French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain has said.

The first four of 36 Rafale jets are expected to land in India by last week of July as the coronavirus pandemic delayed their scheduled delivery by around 11 weeks, official sources said on Friday.

A day after India got the delivery of Rafale fighter jet RB-001, Dassault Aviation, the French company that manufactures the jets, has released the first airborne photographs of the second aircraft, RB-002.

India got the formal delivery of the first of the 36 long-awaited Rafale fighter jets bought from the Dassault Aviation in France on Tuesday. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to France, accepted the handover at a facility of Rafale manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Bordeaux. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was preceded ...

Two squadrons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) including the one to which Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman belonged were awarded citations by Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria today for the successful air strike on a camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot, deep inside Pakistan, in February. A Signal Unit was also given the citation for ...

Today is a big day for the Indian Air Force. It's the IAF's 87th birth anniversary, and India will induct its newest multirole fighter jet Rafale into the Air Force at a handover ceremony in Merignac in France. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in France, will take delivery of the first Rafale made by French firm Dassault Aviation.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to receive the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets in Paris on October 8 -- the foundation day of the Indian Air Force, government sources said on Tuesday.

With the first delivery of the Rafale fighter jet to New Delhi just a couple of months away, Indian pilots flew the aircraft in France this week, at a tactical exercise between the two countries, held at Mont-de-Marsan. The Chief of Staff of the French Air Force described the pilots of the two countries flying the jet as "amazing".

The Indian Air Force chief today reiterated that there will be no delay in the delivery of Rafale fighter aircraft from France, and the first jets should arrive by 2019. But he refused to comment on specific questions in this connection.

In the middle of a massive row over the Rafale fighter jet deal, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa said today that it was a "very good package" for India and the jets would be a "game-changer".

After former French president Francois Hollande's bombshell that the Indian government had proposed Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as the India partner in the multi-million dollar Rafale jet deal and not given them a choice, the French government on Friday night clarified that they were not involved in the choice of Indian industrial partners. The ...