Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions [Thread 2]

[GamoAccu]

Indian military is famous for crashing their jets, shooting down their own helicopter, destroying Russian leased submarines, and forgetting to close the hatch on a submarine while diving in water.

 

[CIA Mole]

In India,

One Cow > 200m Muslims

One Rafael > 99.9% of Indians

Therefore, One Rafael > One Cow

Indians will start worshiping Rafaels.

I expect more pujas to come.

 

[SSG_Commando]

Indians will start worshiping Rafaels.

I expect more pujas to come.

Rafael mataa ki jaaa!!

If someone destroy ones Rafael I think their will be mass suicide and hearattacks in India

 

[Figaro]

They afraid of someone shooting it down?

After shooting down your own helicopter and killing 6 of your own service personnel, why wouldn't they be afraid? If a Rafael gets lost in an accident, that is 250 million dollars gone.

 

[baqai]

taking pictures not allowed? why? that's absurd?

 

[I S I]

Needed Rafales to defend India.

Defending Rafales from its own people.

Dilemma of India

 

[Trango Towers]

Will Pakistan try to Track passing by Rafales en route to Indiafrom UAE?

What will be great is if PAF meets the rafales at sea... just to say hi

 

[1648]

Rafael mataa ki jaaa!!

If someone destroy ones Rafael I think their will be mass suicide and hearattacks in India

I am more concerned with Muslims being lynched to death in the name of rafale-rakhshak if found near Rafales.

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1288404252516179969

The radio call is between the INS Kolkata sailing in the Arabian Sea and the "Arrow Ldr"

 

[Vanguard One]

Chief of Air Staff RKS Bhadauria will be at the strategically key Ambala air base to receive the Rafale jets, India's first major acquisition of fighter planes in over two decades.

New Delhi:

The first five of a batch of French Rafale fighter jets will touch down at Haryana's Ambala shortly after covering a distance of nearly 7,000 km to join the Indian Air Force fleet. They have entered Indian airspace, according to officials.

The Rafale contingent established contact with Indian Navy warship INS Kolkata in the Western Arabian Sea soon after taking off from the United Arab Emirates. "Welcome to the Indian Ocean... May you touch the sky with glory," the Naval warship was heard telling a Rafale commander in an audio.

Chief of Air Staff RKS Bhadauria is at the Ambala air base to receive the Rafale jets, India's first major acquisition of fighter planes in over two decades. A Rs 59,000-crore deal was signed on September 23, 2016 for 36 Rafale jets from French aerospace major Dassault Aviation.

Security has been tightened near the airbase, located around 200 km from the border with Pakistan, and large gatherings have been banned in four villages nearby. There are also restrictions on people gathering on rooftops and any filming or photography during the landing. A local MLA has urged people to light candles this evening to welcome the jets.

The jets, piloted by IAF officers, took off from Merignac in southwest France and refueled midair on the way. Spectacular visuals posted by the Air Force yesterday showed the jets refueling from a French tanker at a height of 30,000 feet.

The jets made a stopover in Al Dhafra in the UAE, where France has an air base.

They are accompanied by two A330 Phoenix MRTT refueling planes from the French Air Force, one of which is carrying 70 ventilators, 100,000 test kits and a team of 10 health experts to aid in the fight against coronavirus.

Delivery officially started in October last year when the first Rafale jet was handed over to the IAF during a visit to France by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The planes stayed in France for training of the pilots and mechanics.

All the jets are to be delivered by 2022.

The planes are expected to boost India's air power massively amid tensions with China and Pakistan.

"Our air force pilots tell us that these are extremely swift, nimble, versatile and very deadly aircraft," said India's ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf, according to news agency AFP.

"This is going to add a great deal of strength to our airpower and defence preparedness but it is also a powerful symbol of our strategic partnership between France and India," he added.


The fleet, comprising three single seater and two twin seater aircraft, will be inducted into the IAF as part of its No. 17 Squadron, also known as the ''Golden Arrows'', and will be stationed at the Ambala air base, which has been upgraded for the purpose.

The Ambala air base has two squadrons of the Jaguar combat aircraft and one squadron of the MIG-21 Bison. The Mirage fighters that were used for India's air strike in Balakot in Pakistan last year after the Pulwama terror attack took off from there.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/raf...fs-golden-arrows-2270499?pfrom=home-topscroll

 

[Trango Towers]

Chief of Air Staff RKS Bhadauria will be at the strategically key Ambala air base to receive the Rafale jets, India's first major acquisition of fighter planes in over two decades.

New Delhi:

The first five of a batch of French Rafale fighter jets will touch down at Haryana's Ambala shortly after covering a distance of nearly 7,000 km to join the Indian Air Force fleet. They have entered Indian airspace, according to officials.

The Rafale contingent established contact with Indian Navy warship INS Kolkata in the Western Arabian Sea soon after taking off from the United Arab Emirates. "Welcome to the Indian Ocean... May you touch the sky with glory," the Naval warship was heard telling a Rafale commander in an audio.

Chief of Air Staff RKS Bhadauria is at the Ambala air base to receive the Rafale jets, India's first major acquisition of fighter planes in over two decades. A Rs 59,000-crore deal was signed on September 23, 2016 for 36 Rafale jets from French aerospace major Dassault Aviation.

Security has been tightened near the airbase, located around 200 km from the border with Pakistan, and large gatherings have been banned in four villages nearby. There are also restrictions on people gathering on rooftops and any filming or photography during the landing. A local MLA has urged people to light candles this evening to welcome the jets.

The jets, piloted by IAF officers, took off from Merignac in southwest France and refueled midair on the way. Spectacular visuals posted by the Air Force yesterday showed the jets refueling from a French tanker at a height of 30,000 feet.

The jets made a stopover in Al Dhafra in the UAE, where France has an air base.

They are accompanied by two A330 Phoenix MRTT refueling planes from the French Air Force, one of which is carrying 70 ventilators, 100,000 test kits and a team of 10 health experts to aid in the fight against coronavirus.

Delivery officially started in October last year when the first Rafale jet was handed over to the IAF during a visit to France by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The planes stayed in France for training of the pilots and mechanics.

All the jets are to be delivered by 2022.

The planes are expected to boost India's air power massively amid tensions with China and Pakistan.

"Our air force pilots tell us that these are extremely swift, nimble, versatile and very deadly aircraft," said India's ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf, according to news agency AFP.

"This is going to add a great deal of strength to our airpower and defence preparedness but it is also a powerful symbol of our strategic partnership between France and India," he added.


The fleet, comprising three single seater and two twin seater aircraft, will be inducted into the IAF as part of its No. 17 Squadron, also known as the ''Golden Arrows'', and will be stationed at the Ambala air base, which has been upgraded for the purpose.

The Ambala air base has two squadrons of the Jaguar combat aircraft and one squadron of the MIG-21 Bison. The Mirage fighters that were used for India's air strike in Balakot in Pakistan last year after the Pulwama terror attack took off from there.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/raf...fs-golden-arrows-2270499?pfrom=home-topscroll

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1288425006209228800

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1288438627656069120

 

[BON PLAN]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1288425006209228800

FINALLY !!!!

The end of a long, long, too long story.

I'm sure IAF will love that bird as they loved Mirage 2000 before.

A great day for India. I'm proud.

 

[Imran Khan]

its a fighter jet damn not a space ship indian police on loadspakers annoucing do not go to roof top for watching rafale . do not click pictures of rafale and do not let others go to roof do not make videos of rafale