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India takes delivery of Rafale aircraft in January

by Seray Güldane
December 28, 2020
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3 Rafale fighter jets procured from France will fly non-stop to India.

Three more Rafale aircraft purchased from France to meet the needs of the Indian Air Force are planned to fly to India next month. The flight will be non-stop from France to India. The planes will fly to Jamnagar for 8 hours, refueling in the air. Thus, the number of Rafale aircraft in the Indian Air Force inventory will reach a total of eight.

 

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The first batch of five Rafale jets was officially deployed to No. 17 “Golden Arrows” at Ambala Air Force facility on September 10. They arrived in India in July, stopping at Al Dhafra airbase in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Five jets, three single-seat and two trainers set for twin-seat were flown from France by Indian Air Force pilots operating under the Commander Officer of the 17th squadron Group Captain Harkirat Singh. The Indian Embassy in France that the delivery of all 36 aircraft would be completed by the end of 2021 on schedule. The second fleet will be deployed at Hasimara Air Base in West Bengal.

Thus, the Indian Air Force will put into service 8 of the 36 Rafale aircraft orders given to France by January. Deliveries are planned for next year as 3 Rafale aircraft in March and 7 in April. The first fleet is expected to be fully ready at the end of 2021 and the second one at the end of 2023.

Indian Air Force expands options
The Ministry of Defense of India approved the purchase of 33 Russian fighter jets as border conflicts continue in the Himalayas region with China. With the approval in early July, the purchase of 21 Mikoyan MiG-29 and 12 Sukhoi Su-30MKI will be at a total cost of $ 2.43 billion. MiG-29 aircraft will consist of modernized second-hand aircraft.

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The 21 MiG-29 fighter jets will support the aircraft upgraded to the MiG-29M, which has served in the Indian Air Force since 1986. 12 Su-30MKI will replace aircraft lost in the crash over the years. These aircraft will be produced under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). HAL appears keen on orders to keep the production line open.

India placed orders for 272 Su-30 fighter jets with different batches over a period of 10 to 15 years. Indian Air Force members agree that the number of aircraft acquired so far will be sufficient to meet the requirement.

The 21 MiG-29s that the IAF plans to purchase from Russia have been offered to help the Indian Air Force meet the need for new fighter jets.

MiG-29s planned to be purchased from Russia are actively flown by the Indian Air Force, so pilots are quite familiar with this aircraft, but the new MiG-29s offered by the Russians are different from those in the Indian Army inventory. For this reason, IAF officials made various examinations on the proposed aircraft.

The Indian Air Force has 3 MiG-29 fleets that have been modernized.

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Seray Güldane

Seray Güldane

M.A War Studies, B.A English Translation and Interpreting. UAV researcher, editor and interpreter.

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