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Pakistani Pilots Were Trained To Fly Rafale: Should India Worry?
Aviation International News also mentioned the training aspects of the aircraft. Tucked away in the report was a telling sentence: “The first batch of pilots trained for Qatar in November 2017 were Pakistani exchange officers.”
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VIPs from Qatar and France at the handing over ceremony of the first Rafale jet in February
sentence: “The first batch of pilots trained for Qatar in November 2017 were Pakistani exchange officers.”
The news was displayed on Pakistani Defence website on Wednesday and was immediately picked up by journalists and social media users in India.
Dr Jitendra Awhad, a legislator of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), taking to twitter said the planes will be flown by Pakistani pilots. He said while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to keep the Rafale contract price a “top secret” Qatar had got the planes at one-third the price India has bought it.
Dr.Jitendra Awhad
✔@Awhadspeaks
https://twitter.com/Awhadspeaks/status/1116081759723118594
First Rafale Handed Over to Qatar .... And the will be flown by pakistani pilots #modi wanted to keep the #Rafale a top secret and #Qatar buys #Rafale at 1/3 of indian price
India probably getting a gold studded cockpit so the cost increased https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2019-02-13/first-rafale-handed-over-qatar …
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1:53 AM - Apr 11, 2019 · Thane, India
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First Rafale Handed Over to Qatar
The Qatar Amiri Air Force has formally accepted its first Dassault Rafale, while training of personnel is being undertaken n France.
ainonline.com
98 people are talking about this
Vishnu Som
✔@VishnuNDTV
https://twitter.com/VishnuNDTV/status/1116019053074608134
So this article says the first pilots trained on Qatar's just delivered Rafale were Pakistani exchange pilots. Pak pilots have operated jets in Middle Eastern air forces for decades. This is bad news for the @IAF_MCC as it inducts its first Rafales.https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2019-02-13/first-rafale-handed-over-qatar …
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9:44 PM - Apr 10, 2019
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First Rafale Handed Over to Qatar
The Qatar Amiri Air Force has formally accepted its first Dassault Rafale, while training of personnel is being undertaken n France.
ainonline.com
963 people are talking about this
The opposition has accused the Modi government of corruption in the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters for the Indian Air Force that India inked with the French in 2016 at an estimated cost of over $9.2 billion. The opposition has accused the government of tweaking the contract to get Reliance Defence Ltd of Anil Ambani to be the Indian ‘offset’ partner of the French makers Dassault Aviation. The government had denied the accusation.
After the February 26 Balakot airstrike by Indian Air Force, PM Modi, alluding to the Opposition’s attack, said that if India had the Rafale jets then the results of the Indian intervention could have been far better.
Attacking the Congress which has been campaigning against the Modi government on the Rafale deal, Modi said "the country is feeling the absence of Rafale. If there was Rafale with us, the result probably would have been different".
Pakistani Pilots Were Trained To Fly Rafale: Should India Worry?
Aviation International News also mentioned the training aspects of the aircraft. Tucked away in the report was a telling sentence: “The first batch of pilots trained for Qatar in November 2017 were Pakistani exchange officers.”
OUTLOOK WEB BUREAU
VIPs from Qatar and France at the handing over ceremony of the first Rafale jet in February
sentence: “The first batch of pilots trained for Qatar in November 2017 were Pakistani exchange officers.”
The news was displayed on Pakistani Defence website on Wednesday and was immediately picked up by journalists and social media users in India.
Dr Jitendra Awhad, a legislator of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), taking to twitter said the planes will be flown by Pakistani pilots. He said while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to keep the Rafale contract price a “top secret” Qatar had got the planes at one-third the price India has bought it.
Dr.Jitendra Awhad
✔@Awhadspeaks
https://twitter.com/Awhadspeaks/status/1116081759723118594
First Rafale Handed Over to Qatar .... And the will be flown by pakistani pilots #modi wanted to keep the #Rafale a top secret and #Qatar buys #Rafale at 1/3 of indian price
India probably getting a gold studded cockpit so the cost increased https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2019-02-13/first-rafale-handed-over-qatar …
209
1:53 AM - Apr 11, 2019 · Thane, India
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First Rafale Handed Over to Qatar
The Qatar Amiri Air Force has formally accepted its first Dassault Rafale, while training of personnel is being undertaken n France.
ainonline.com
98 people are talking about this
Vishnu Som
✔@VishnuNDTV
https://twitter.com/VishnuNDTV/status/1116019053074608134
So this article says the first pilots trained on Qatar's just delivered Rafale were Pakistani exchange pilots. Pak pilots have operated jets in Middle Eastern air forces for decades. This is bad news for the @IAF_MCC as it inducts its first Rafales.https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2019-02-13/first-rafale-handed-over-qatar …
1,284
9:44 PM - Apr 10, 2019
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First Rafale Handed Over to Qatar
The Qatar Amiri Air Force has formally accepted its first Dassault Rafale, while training of personnel is being undertaken n France.
ainonline.com
963 people are talking about this
The opposition has accused the Modi government of corruption in the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters for the Indian Air Force that India inked with the French in 2016 at an estimated cost of over $9.2 billion. The opposition has accused the government of tweaking the contract to get Reliance Defence Ltd of Anil Ambani to be the Indian ‘offset’ partner of the French makers Dassault Aviation. The government had denied the accusation.
After the February 26 Balakot airstrike by Indian Air Force, PM Modi, alluding to the Opposition’s attack, said that if India had the Rafale jets then the results of the Indian intervention could have been far better.
Attacking the Congress which has been campaigning against the Modi government on the Rafale deal, Modi said "the country is feeling the absence of Rafale. If there was Rafale with us, the result probably would have been different".