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Rajnath Singh to officially receive Rafale aircraft in France
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], Oct 7 (ANI): In a step that will give an edge to India over China and Pakistan in aerial combat capability, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will officially receive the first Rafale combat aircraft for the Air Force on Tuesday here.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to fly a sortie in Rafale
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to fly in the first Rafale combat aircraft manufactured for India in France during his visit there on October 8.
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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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Rajnath Singh to receive Rafale on October 8
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 10 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to France on October 8 to receive the first Indian Rafale combat aircraft manufactured by French firm Dassault Aviation that will come to India only next year.
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Pigeons pose threat to fighter jets at IAF's future Rafale base
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ambala (India), July 6 (ANI) The Indian Air Force (IAF) is worried about the safety and security of its combat aircraft from the pigeons that are being bred around its frontline airbase here, which will be the home base for the Rafale combat aircraft.
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IAF chief's squadron to be first Rafale combat aircraft unit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 29 (ANI): The first Rafale combat aircraft would be inducted into the Indian Air Force's 'Golden Arrows' 17 Squadron which was commanded by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa during the Kargil war in 1999.
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Rafale will prove to be the gamechanger for IAF ACM BS Dhanoa
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], May 27 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Monday said that Rafale combat aircraft would prove to be a "game-changer" for the Indian Air Force (IAF) as it would tilt the balance of power back in India's favour.
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Results skewed in our favour if we had Rafale: IAF Chief Dhanoa on Feb 27t
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 15 (ANI): Referring to the 27 February aerial fight with Pakistan following the Balakot air strikes, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Monday said the results would have been further skewed in favour of India if it had inducted the Rafale combat aircraft in time.
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CAG report says NDA deal cheaper by 2.86 per cent from UPA deal
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 13 (ANI) The deal for 36 Rafale combat aircraft reached by the Narendra Modi government with French company Dassault Aviation is 2.86 per cent cheaper than the 126 Rafale deal which was being negotiated by the UPA government in 2007, the CAG said in a much-awaited r
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Opposition parties trying to sabotage Rafale deal, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday attacked the opposition parties for allegedly trying to sabotage the high profile Rafale combat aircraft deal questioning whether these parties were becoming pawns in the hands of international corporate riva
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Rafale's range is 2.5 times more than a Sukhoi: Top IAF sources
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): At a time when critics are questioning the operational capabilities of the Rafale combat aircraft, top IAF sources said the range of the French-origin aircraft is 2.5 times more than that of the Russian Sukhoi-30.
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Indian Air Force to deploy Rafale jets in Ambala, Hashimara
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 04 (ANI): With a view to positioning its most modern fighter jets on both the fronts, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will deploy one each squadron of the Rafale combat aircraft at its airbases in Ambala in Haryana and Hashimara in West Bengal.
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