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Defence Minister to leave for two-day official visit to France on Monday
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will embark on a two-day visit to France on Monday. During his visit, he will receive the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets manufactured for India.
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Rajnath Singh to meet French President before receiving first Rafale fight
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet French President Emmanuel Macron on October 8 in Paris before receiving the first of the 36 Rafale fighter jets manufactured for India.
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Rajnath Singh to visit France on Dussehra to receive Rafale, may fly sorti
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit France to receive Rafale fighter jets on October 8- The Air Force Day and Dussehra. Though the planes would officially be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) with the Defence Minister's visit, they would start
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Work on sixth-generation fighter jets underway in Russia, says GosNIIAS Di
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia is working on a sixth-generation fighter jet, State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) Director-General Sergey Khokhlov has said.
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IAF receives first Rafale combat aircraft in France
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bordeaux (France), Sep 20 (ANI): Moving a step closer towards operating the Rafale combat aircraft, the Indian Air Force on Thursday received the first Rafale combat aircraft at the Dassault Aviation manufacturing facility here.
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IAF Chief to 'resurrect' Rafale Squadron at Ambala tomorrow
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 9 (ANI): Weeks before accepting the Rafale fighter jets, Indian Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa on Tuesday will resurrect the 17 Squadron, which will be the first unit to operate the French-origin fighters in the force.
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Rajnath visits Hamamatsu Air Base, briefed on F-15 fighter jets
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Sep 3 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday visited the Hamamatsu Air Base in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture, where he was briefed on the functioning of F-15 fighter aircraft and Kawasaki Trainer plane.
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IAF plans to buy 33 MiG-29, Sukhoi 30 fighter jets
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): In a move likely to boost its dwindling fighter squadron strength, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is pushing a proposal for acquiring 33 new combat aircraft including 21 MiG-29s and 12 Sukhoi 30s.
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IAF keeping close eye on Pak, China aerial exercise
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) is keeping a close eye on the Pakistan-China aerial exercise taking place in China's Hotan City in which both the countries have deployed latest fighter jets.
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No interest in dialogue unless US, South Korea stop 'military threats': No
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Aug 22 (ANI): A day after two US fighter jets arrived in South Korea, North Korea on Thursday said it has "no interest" in dialogue unless Washington and Seoul stop "military threats" against it.
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China threatens sanctions on US firms linked to F-16 sale to Taiwan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 21 (ANI): China on Wednesday objected to the US decision to sell 66 F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, saying it will impose sanctions on American companies linked to the deal.
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Pak deploying fighter jets to Skardu near Ladakh, India watching closely
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Amid the ongoing tensions with Pakistan over the abrogation of the Article 370, Pakistani forces have started moving equipment to their forward bases close to Ladakh.
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