New Delhi: Already around 30. have received gust fighter plane from france, Indian Air Force India will start upgrading its fleet of French-origin fighter jets from January 2022 with specific enhancements.
“A high-level team of Indian Air Force officers is at Iestres airbase in France to evaluate the performance of the test-fired aircraft with tail number RB-008. The aircraft is fitted with all India specific enhancements. But there has been an agreement between the two parties in the 2016 contract,” government sources told ANI here.
Once the enhancements are approved and accepted by the Indian Air Force, the plan is to start the upgrade from January next year to make the Indian aircraft more capable.” , Low Band Jammer and Satellite Communication System as per Indian requirements.
India has already received about 30 of these aircraft and three more of them will reach the country on December 7-8.
As per the contract schedule, Air Force sources said that the kit will be brought to India from France and every month three to four Indian Rafales will be upgraded to ISE standards. The last plane to come to India from France will be the RB. -008 is named after former Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (Retd) who played a key role as deputy chief for signing contracts worth over Rs 60,000 crore with France under a government-to-government agreement with France.
The aircraft will be upgraded at Ambala Air Force Station which is the first base of the aircraft in the country.
The Indian Air Force has also started training its pilots on aircraft within the country after training its personnel in France. Once fully inducted, the fleet will consist of eight twin-seater trainer aircraft with tail numbers in the RB series, while 28 single-seaters with BS tail number series.
The BS tail numbers are in honor of former Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, who retired after leading the way in 2019. Balakoti The air strikes of 26 February 2019.
India is now planning to pursue the matter of acquiring 114 multi-role fighter aircraft, for which a case is to be referred by the Indian Air Force to the Defense Ministry in the near future. (ANI)
“A high-level team of Indian Air Force officers is at Iestres airbase in France to evaluate the performance of the test-fired aircraft with tail number RB-008. The aircraft is fitted with all India specific enhancements. But there has been an agreement between the two parties in the 2016 contract,” government sources told ANI here.
Once the enhancements are approved and accepted by the Indian Air Force, the plan is to start the upgrade from January next year to make the Indian aircraft more capable.” , Low Band Jammer and Satellite Communication System as per Indian requirements.
India has already received about 30 of these aircraft and three more of them will reach the country on December 7-8.
As per the contract schedule, Air Force sources said that the kit will be brought to India from France and every month three to four Indian Rafales will be upgraded to ISE standards. The last plane to come to India from France will be the RB. -008 is named after former Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (Retd) who played a key role as deputy chief for signing contracts worth over Rs 60,000 crore with France under a government-to-government agreement with France.
The aircraft will be upgraded at Ambala Air Force Station which is the first base of the aircraft in the country.
The Indian Air Force has also started training its pilots on aircraft within the country after training its personnel in France. Once fully inducted, the fleet will consist of eight twin-seater trainer aircraft with tail numbers in the RB series, while 28 single-seaters with BS tail number series.
The BS tail numbers are in honor of former Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, who retired after leading the way in 2019. Balakoti The air strikes of 26 February 2019.
India is now planning to pursue the matter of acquiring 114 multi-role fighter aircraft, for which a case is to be referred by the Indian Air Force to the Defense Ministry in the near future. (ANI)
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