A new US assessment on Wednesday claimed that China 'initiated a disinformation campaign' after the May India-Pakistan conflict to hinder sales of French Rafale aircraft in favour of its own J-35s, using 'fake social media accounts.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) announced the beginning of Exercise Garuda-25, a bilateral air exercise with the French Air and Space Force (FASF), marking another step in the growing defence partnership between the two nations.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday praised the Indian Air Force's Flying Display 2025 over the Brahmaputra River, saying the Northeast has progressed "from being nearly abandoned during the 1962 war to sending a powerful message of aerial dominance" under Prime Minister Na
"The Prime Minister continues his firm stance of disarming Hamas and demilitarizing the Strip while thwarting terrorist threats against our forces," the statement said.
The Rafale combat aircraft fleet is the only one in the Indian Air Force capable of firing the European long-range missiles with a range of up to 200 kilometres.
She is the first President to have taken sortie in two fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force. Earlier, she took a sortie in Sukhoi 30 MKI in 2023, the President's Secretariat said in an official statement.
President Murmu, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces, flew for about 30 minutes, covering nearly 200 kilometres before returning to the Air Force Station.
Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh flew a Rafale fighter jet over Ambala on Wednesday, leading a formation sortie that also saw President Droupadi Murmu experience the aircraft for the first time.