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Woman fighter pilot selected to fly Rafale combat jets
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): A woman fighter pilot will be soon flying the Rafale fighter jet of the Indian Air Force as she is training for it.
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Ajit Doval meets visiting French Defence Minister at Hyderabad House
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Thursday held a meeting with visiting French Defence Minister Florence Parly at Hyderabad House.
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French Defence Minister arrives in Delhi, to attend Rafale induction cerem
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): French Defence Minister Florence Parly arrived here in the national capital on an official visit on Thursday morning, ahead of the formal induction of the first five Indian Air Force Rafale jets at Ambala.
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NEP 2020 more important than procurement of Rafale jets, should be impleme
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 31 (ANI): The New Education Policy 2020 unveiled by the Government of India is more important than the procurement of Rafale fighter planes but there are concerns on its proper implementation, Shiv Sena said in its mouthpiece Saamna on Thursday.
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IAF chief welcomes pilots who flew Rafale jets to India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], July 29 (ANI): Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Wednesday welcomed the pilots, who flew Rafale jets to India, Indian Air Force (IAF) airbase in Haryana's Ambala.
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5 Rafale jets land safely at UAE's Al Dharfa airbase: Indian Air Force
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): All the five Rafale aircraft landed safely at the Al Dhafra airbase in UAE on Monday after a sortie in excess of seven hours, the Indian Air Force said.
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PM cut the clutter, ensured timely arrival of Rafales in India: Air Marsha
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'cut the clutter' around the earlier Rafale deal and took a bold step to ensure its timely arrival in the country, said Air Marshal (Retired) Raghunath Nambiar on Monday after five Rafale jets took off for India from
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Indian envoy thanks French govt, Dassault for timely delivery of Rafale je
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Merignac [France], July 27 (ANI): The Indian ambassador to France, Jawed Ashraf, on Monday thanked the French government and Dassault Aviation for the timely delivery of the five Rafale fighter jets which took off for India from Merignac air base facility in southwestern France a while ag
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Indian ambassador to France interacts with Rafale pilots before takeoff
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 27 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf on Monday interacted with the pilots of Rafale fighter aircraft before their take off from Merignac in France and wished them a safe flight to India with a single hop.
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Dassault stops production of Rafale jets for India amid COVID-19 lockdo
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The production of Rafale fighter jets for India at the Dassault Aviation facility has been stopped till March 31 in view of the French government's precautionary measures to contain coronavirus spread, Indian Air Force (IAF) sources told ANI on Friday, adding
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Four Rafale jets to arrive in India by May, rest at interval of 1.5 months
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said four of the 36 Rafale fighter jets, which India is procuring from France will arrive here in India by the end of May, while the remaining will arrive at a gap of 1.5 months each.
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Equation in air battle would have been different if Abhinandan was flying
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Former Air Force chief BS Dhanoa said that the outcome of the dogfight involving Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman could have been different had the IAF got the Rafale jets sooner.
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