I would be the happiest person if IAF gets 126 jets. IAF is alarmingly short of squadron numbers and they need to replace obsolete aircraft with new age machines. Tejas is a failure and waste of public tax money, Sukhoi is good but not beter than Rafale. Only thing left is Rafale and PAK-FA.
On paper It is claimed that IAF will have 270 MKIs, 126 Rafales and unknown number of PAK-FA which wll form he backbone. But the scrapping of Rafale deal has turned everything upside down.
IAF already has a logistical nightmare. Mig-21 to MKI IAF flies everything and those machines need separate spare parts.
@Abingdonboy - India makes a lot of hype but comes a dud.
MMRCA was claimed "deal of he century"; "mother of all deals" etc etc. From 126 aircraft it was claimed to be extra 60 more aircraft and blah blah. 10 years later not a single plane has been inducted and the whole deal looks going down the drain.
Even the 36 Rafales look a face saving gesture by India. Unless even these 36 rafales are inducted the deal is as good as dead.