Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions.
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The Dassault Rafale (French pronunciation: [ʁafal], literally meaning "gust of wind", and "burst of fire" in a more military sense) is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. The Rafale is referred to as an "omnirole" aircraft by Dassault. @wikipedia |
Raphael, one of the most powerful fighter jets in the world, landed in Ambala, Haryana today. Five planes departing from France arrived at the Abu Dhabi airbase on Monday. From there the journey to India turns. The planes fly for about 7000 km and land at Ambala in Haryana.
The aircraft was received by Indian Air Force Chief Air Marshal RKS Baduria. Security had been beefed up near Ambala Air Base in case of warplanes arriving. The aircraft is being flown to India by the most powerful pilots of the Air Force.
It is learned that a Malayalee pilot is also among them. This was reported by Manorama Online.
Before Raphael left for India, the Indian Ambassador to France said that the world has the best pilots to fly the best warplanes in the world. The Air Force had posted pictures of the pilots of the warplanes arriving in India on its official Twitter page.
Malayalee among the pilots
Manorama reports that one of the pictures of the pilots released by the Air Force is Malayalee. He was discovered by friends from this film. With this, the news of this hero spread in groups of friends and in WhatsApp messages. However, the Department of Defense did not disclose the details of the pilots, which were not officially released.
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Another special feature is that the Malayalee is also leading the preparations for the arrival of the Raphael flights. Air Marshal B Suresh, Chief of Western Air Command and a native of Thiruvananthapuram, was stationed at Ambala. The base in Haryana is under the Western Command.
The Raphael Agreement was signed between India and France in 2016. As per the agreement, 36 twin-engine fighter jets will arrive in India. The contract is worth Rs 59,000 crore. Of these, 10 Rafale aircraft have already been delivered to India. Of these, 5 are still in training in France. All Raphael aircraft will be delivered to India by 2021.
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