New Delhi: The much-awaited Rafale aircraft will reach India on Wednesday. On Monday, refueled mid-air pictures of the Rafale aircraft that came out of France for India were released in the air. The Indian Air Force has also expressed thanks for the support given by the French Air Force in bringing Rafael to India. The first consignment of Rafale fighter jet is expected to arrive at Ambala Air Force Station by noon on 29 July i.e.
The formal program can be held till 20 August
There will be a formal induction program around August 20 after the arrival of Rafale, which is going to be included as a special force of the Indian Air Force fleet. It has also been said earlier that the first use of these fighters may be in Ladakh in view of the situation, because the Air Force is already patrolling Combat Air to help the ground forces there.
Combat capability
Rafale is considered a game-changer fighter aircraft in the Asian continent. The claim is that China and Pakistan will have better fighter jets in the current era, it will be better than that. Its strength and capability has no match with other aircraft. French aircraft manufacturer Dasso Aviation had delivered 09 Rafale aircraft to India by October last year. The first three aircraft were delivered even earlier in March.
Air force crew training
Instead of bringing those planes to India, India sent its pilots and crew members to France in separate pieces for proper training of these aircraft. It includes engineers and technicians including pilots of the Indian Air Force. All of them were trained in different batches.
