Indian Air Force replenishes with another batch of French Rafale fighters

The Indian Air Force received another batch of French Rafale fighters, and the planes landed at the Jamnagar airbase. This is reported by the Indian Ministry of Defense.

Like the previous parties, the fighters arrived on their own, making a non-stop flight from the French Bordeaux-Merignac airbase, covering more than 8 thousand kilometers. A-330 MRTT refueling aircraft from the United Arab Emirates Air Force joined the group on a certain leg of the route and refueled in the air.

UAE air tankers are used during all fighter flights from France to India, except for the very first, when aircraft landed at the Al Dhafra airfield in the UAE for refueling fighters and resting pilots.

How many planes arrived in the last batch is not specified, but taking them into account, the total number of Rafale has reached 29 fighters out of 36 ordered. The rest of the fighters will arrive in two batches at the beginning of December this year and at the end of January next.

All French fighters enter service with two squadrons - the 17th already formed under the name "Golden Arrows", based at the Ambala airbase, and also the 101st Falcons squadron, which is still being formed, based at the Hasimara airbase near the border with China. Full combat readiness of the first squadron is planned to be achieved by the end of this year, the second - by the end of the next.

Comments

[Cowbra]

... which are more expensive than the F-35. And why Australia threw the paddling pool?
PiSi: greed - creates poverty

[Covid]

The French are watercaps ... And what is our Russian people called, except for Ivans? The French have at least some kind of outlet for money. Mistrals were not allowed to be sold to Russia, aircraft carriers were not given to Australia, so at least they will sell the gold Raphals to the Indians.
India is farther and farther from Russia.

[OgnennyiKotik]

Quote: Covid

India is farther and farther from Russia.

This is not India further, this Russia has nothing to offer. What is more or less modern they buy. Naturally, if the weapons and equipment are below the world level, they will not take it. Competition.

[Covid]

My version is that China is the enemy of India, and Russia has decided to go for rapprochement with China.
And India is a 100% Western-type state. Although they are bad friends with weapons. They have a mess in the military-industrial complex. These planes are attempting to diversify the supply of weapons. What's from there, something from there. But there is no unification. And during the war, this is a disaster.

[for]

Quote: Covid

And India is a 100% Western-type state.

No words, only letters.

[lucul]

This is not India further, this Russia has nothing to offer. What is more or less modern they buy. Naturally, if the weapons and equipment are below world level, they will not take. Competition

And does India buy a lot of Turkish arms? )))
Or "you don't understand - this is different"? )))

[Covid]

There are many arms manufacturers in the world. Why do you have exactly Turkey?

[lucul]

There are many arms manufacturers in the world. Why do you have exactly Turkey?

It's just that FieryKotik is promoting Turkish weapons.)))

[Covid]

From Turkey I know what their helicopters are doing, they are working on the 5th generation of their aircraft. rockets, armored vehicles. Now everyone has become smart and educated. Bayraktars from them are like freshly baked pies.

[Lyman1982]

But we drive a Romanian car under our brand on the basis of the French and nothing is for sale, what kind of world are we people ...?

[APASUS]

Quote: Lyman1982

But we drive a Romanian car under our brand on the basis of the French and nothing is for sale, what kind of world are we people ...?

What are we driving and where, it's just the French who are driving us

AvtoVAZ is owned (100%) by the Dutch Alliance Rostec Auto BV, a joint venture between the state corporation Rostec and Renault. About 32% of the JV itself belongs to the Russian side, the remaining 68% to the French concern Renault.

This is not even half, but a blocking stake, but we are nobody there

[VORON538]

There is an obscene (in the opinion of the moderators, but extremely characteristic for you) name of your nationality, those who do this all over the world, then when the state-forming peoples are annoyed by your huckstering activities, "nationalists" come to you and they beat you again. complaining and demanding money .. The letter ZHI begins. Next, guess! And then the admins on the forum do not like it, and there are so many of you everywhere, like cockroaches, which are in the letter ZHI!

[Lyman1982]

I realized what I wrote myself, or the main thing for you to jerk your fart once, are you a village chtoli?

[Tzar]

Quote: OgnennyiKotik

This is not India further, this Russia has nothing to offer.

Russia has a lot to offer, but India wants to fish out technologies under the guise of confrontation between the Russian Federation and the West. But until it rolls, so they continue to habitually cut the budget with the French.

[volodimer]

All French fighters enter service with two squadrons - the already formed 17th under the name "Golden arrows"

At the price tag, they are really gold.
But the Indians and the French are satisfied. Those who are sawing, of course.

[Avior]

Not aircraft carriers, but submarines

[Vladimir_2U]

Tough guys are pilots, to cut for more than eight hours, strictly sitting and without changing.

[Anatole Klim]

Quote: Vladimir_2U

Tough guys are pilots, to cut for more than eight hours, strictly sitting and without changing.

Surely there is an autopilot, you can relax

[Vladimir_2U]

Quote: Anatol Klim

Surely there is an autopilot, you can relax

Seriously?! What progress has come! Didn't you accidentally put the exercise bike with a horizontal bar? Well, there to warm up, in the ejection seat of the fighter.

[Anatole Klim]

Quote: Vladimir_2U

Didn't you accidentally put the exercise bike with a horizontal bar? Well, there to warm up, in the ejection seat of a fighter

You should not juggle, because you perfectly understood what I wanted to say. Autopilot allows the pilot to relax, relieve stress and rest, even in the pilot's seat. There are autopilots that can land a fighter even on the deck of an aircraft carrier. You can not answer, I see no reason to continue.

[Vladimir_2U]

Quote: Anatol Klim

You should not juggle, because you perfectly understood what I wanted to say.

Sit for at least 8 hours even in an anatomical chair, without the ability to get up, for the sake of experiment.

[Covid]

And hardly without refueling. Pampers to help!

[SovAr238A]

Quote: Vladimir_2U

Tough guys are pilots, to cut for more than eight hours, strictly sitting and without changing.

Almost ten hours in fact in flight ...

[75 Sergey]

ADOK INO IMAS A

[Prisoner]

And the French pilots are still good. Well-trained.

[lucul]

They don't take Russian ones anymore? Deprecated?

Russian (India) versus Russian (China)?
They so do not want to fight with equal weapons - the Indians want the advantage, at least imaginary, caused by an illusion)))

[Lyman1982]

Yeah they want advantages like our UAZ over their Hamer

[isv000]

Indian Air Force replenishes with another batch of French Rafale fighters

And earlier they flew on Vimans, of their own design ... The people were crumbling, of all the skills, only the Kamasutra remained ...

[Sidor the Fierce]

But what are they all with PTB, what rafali, what 16? Can't you do without them?