New Delhi: After receiving around 30 Rafale fighter aircraft from France, the Indian Air Force will begin to increase the fleet of French fighters from January 2022, with a specific increase in India.
“The high-level Indian Air Force officer team is in France to evaluate the performance of the aircraft which is testbed with the Tail number of the RB-008 in the Istres airbase there.
The aircraft has been equipped with all Indian special enhancements agreed upon between the second side in the 2016 contract,” said the source The government to Ani is here.
After the enhancements were approved and received by the IAF, this increase was planned to start from January next year and so on making Indian aircraft more capable, “they said.
India’s specific improvement will include very capable missile integration, low ribbons and satellite communication systems according to Indian requirements .
India has received around 30 of these aircraft and three more than they will arrive in the country on 7-8 December.
According to contract schedules, sources in the Air Force say kits will be taken to India from France and every month, three to Four Rafales India will be increased to ISE standards.
The last aircraft arrives in India from France will be named RB-008 after the former Air Force, RKS Bhadauria (REPD) who plays an important role as deputy head to sign a contract worth more than RS 60,000 Crore with France Under the government to the government dealing with France.
The increase in aircraft will become I was carried out at Ambala Air Force Station which was the first base of the aircraft in this country.
The Indian Air Force has also started its pilot training on a plane in the country itself after training her personnel in France.
After being installed completely, the fleet will have eight twin-seater coaches with tail numbers in the rb series while 28 single seating with BS tail number series.
BS tail numbers will honor the former Air Head of Air Marshal BS Dhanoa who retired in 2019 after leading Balaakot air strikes on February 26, 2019.
India now plans to continue the case to acquire 114 Multirole fighter aircraft to acquire cases must be transferred to the Ministry of Defense IAF in the near future.
(Ani)