Rafale fighters delivered in July from France were still not officially entered into the Indian Air Force.

Minister of Defense of France Florence Parley visits India. She, along with her Indian counterpart Rajnat Singh, will today go to the Indian Air Force Base Ambala, where the French-made Rafale fighters previously purchased by India are deployed.

It turned out that the five Rafale fighters, which arrived in India from France on July 29, have not yet been officially entered into the Indian Air Force. And the ceremony of the official introduction of fighters into the Indian Air Force was going to attend Florence Parley.

Added that delivery of all 36 contracted Rafale fighters will take place by the end of 2021. At the same time, the second batch (its quantitative composition has not yet been precisely determined: four or five combat aircraft) will arrive in India by November of this year. Of the 36 aircraft to be delivered to India, six will be training aircraft.

In such a situation, one should recall the statements of the Indian military, as well as political scientists, who argued that immediately after the delivery of the first batch of French fighters, they could be sent on patrol to Ladakh. This is a contested territory on the border with China, where serious tensions have been observed in recent months.

But if the Rafale has not yet been officially incorporated into the Indian Air Force, then the patrol situation would be strange. Formally, the Indian-Chinese border in the air would be patrolled by aircraft not belonging to the Indian Air Force. What such an incident could lead to, if, for example, some kind of border incident occurred, one can only guess.

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[lwxx]

But if the Rafale has not yet been officially incorporated into the Indian Air Force, then the patrol situation would be strange. Formally, the Indian-Chinese border in the air would be patrolled by aircraft not belonging to the Indian Air Force.

In case of loss of the car, it would be stated that the Indian Air Force suffered no losses.

[Finches]

Undoubtedly Florence Parley knows a lot about [Coco Chanel] Rafale ....

[Spambox]

You shouldn't laugh, Rafale is a very decent car, although not very cheap.

[Finches]

So I'm not laughing at the plane, it just amuses me that cute (and not so) creatures are sitting in the chairs of the defense ministers of our potential opponents! In this case, for some reason, I got the image of a Frenchwoman with low social responsibility from the great movie "Professional" with Belmando!

[Spambox]

In that case, I beg your pardon

[Mountain shooter]

But they are expensive and beautiful ... this is more important. They don't even need to fly.

[Uncle lee]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

they are expensive and beautiful.

And more new ones .... It's a pity to fly on them, they'll still scratch the paint!

[tralflot1832]

We had engines on Rafals, they flew to India on their own, so the Khfransky forgot to screw them to the plane, I don't have enough imagination.

[novel66]

beams for suspension of weapons

[Yngvar]

Do the Indians need them? And it’s so beautiful ... Well, maybe even tint something, attach flowers!

[novel66]

and how to threaten the enemy?

[Yngvar]

Did the Indians take "Rafali" for their Armed Forces? Judging by the lengthy bidding and the "variegation" of all military equipment, more likely for holidays and carnivals! Perhaps there is no such "zoo" in any army in the world ...

[novel66]

and smoke bombs also need to be attached to something

[rocket757]

Well, sho, normal, natural!
Dances with a tambourine, and even with bangs, peculiar!

[Free wind]

Load 120 shells for cannons, and pour kerosene, it takes 10-20 minutes, and more. Unless you fill it with buckets. The Indians seem to have their own diamonds, the Tajiks do, why do they need the French.

[Maks1995]

What is it? Time is minuscule.

Our "colleagues" - the Syrians and Turks, with the delivered С300 and С400, have much longer terms ... in the composition, not in the composition, but there are no reports about the work ..

[Charik]

The Turks, with their tests of the S400 on the Yus aircraft, have already set fire to a bunch of perdaks

[mvg]

As it is already fed up with the story of Raphael. It looks like our newsmen are very offended that neither the Su-30/35 and MiG-35 even made it to the final of the tender. The Frenchman has advanced avionics, AFAR, engines with an overhaul life of 8000 hours, for comparison, the newest AL-41-F1 has 4000 hours, and the AL-31 has 2000 hours. Unsurprisingly, the Indians were counting on getting these technologies for Tejes. Even for an additional $ billion.
A very smart proposal from the Americans, with the relocation of the plant to India. There are still about 3000+ F-16 units flying around the world. The plant has great prospects. And the chic F-21, with a new radar, engine and airframe. Best of all that India's competitors / neighbors have. The choice is obvious.

[tanit]

engines with an overhaul life of 8000 hours

And this is for sure - hours? Or is it in "TAC's - total accumulated cycles"?

[mvg]

SNECMA M88-2-E4

Didn't find a sign. On the Safran website, there is no, but on VO they threw off a comparison, from the Soviet D-30-F1, and the American F404, to the modern third generation F135, AL-41, Chinese BC10 / 15. I remembered the numbers. The dispute was initially about the specific fuel consumption. On airvar they write about “significantly increased overhaul resus. Not a total cycle "

[Local from the Volga]

and all the ground infrastructure at the same time ... the gypsies will overstrain!

[iouris]

... so while the Indian military is forced to fight the Chinese military.

[Ivan Tixiy]

Introduced, not introduced, could have been sent .... What is it all about ?! About paperwork and passing orders in the Indian Air Force or making decisions by the government of the same country?