20.10.2019, 15:16
Zitat:First batch of Rafale jets to come to India in May 2020https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi...438447.cms
NEW DELHI: The first four of 36 Rafale jets will come to India by May next year and the aircraft will significantly enhance the IAF's combat prowess, Chief of Air Staff Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria said on Friday. [...] Bhadauria said though India will receive the first Rafale jets next week, the aircraft will come to India only in May. India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in September 2016 for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore. [...]
Sources said the first squadron of the aircraft will be deployed at Ambala air force station, considered one of the most strategically located bases of the IAF. The Indo-Pak border is around 220 km from there. [...] The second squadron of Rafale will be stationed at Hasimara base in West Bengal. [...]
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