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FAF4061Air to Air Refuelling planned during the first leg of the ferry will be undertaken by dedicated Tanker support from French Air Force. The aircraft are likely to reach AF Stn Ambala on 29 Jul 20. No 17 Sqn, 'The Golden Arrows', is being raised at #Ambala with #Rafale aircraft. 2/2
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) July 27, 2020
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Ridiculous amount of attention being given in the media.
Hope the senior iaf and political leaders are not on hand to receive the planes and have photo ops.
Looks so ameuterish.
Hope the senior iaf and political leaders are not on hand to receive the planes and have photo ops.
Looks so ameuterish.
It reminds us of the Vested Interests and Lobbies who were hell bent on scuttling the deal through the Supreme Court
Defence used to keep the civilians at a arms length before. Now everything is so accessible that the planes are being tracked to their bases.
Our chiefs are giving interviews and even commanders are on tv giving interviews.
Turning everything into a bloody tamasha.
Indians are EMOTIONAL people
Jokes apart , the present Chinese stand off AND the real possibility of a Two Front War has made it a much Bigger Moment ; ie if there was a No standoff
Then it would not have attracted such attention
FAF4061Air to Air Refuelling planned during the first leg of the ferry will be undertaken by dedicated Tanker support from French Air Force. The aircraft are likely to reach AF Stn Ambala on 29 Jul 20. No 17 Sqn, 'The Golden Arrows', is being raised at #Ambala with #Rafale aircraft. 2/2
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) July 27, 2020
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Prez @EmmanuelMacron wrote to PM @narendramodi to announce an exceptional package to support India’s fight against #COVID19
— French Embassy in India 🇫🇷🇪🇺 (@FranceinIndia) July 27, 2020
A French Air Force A330 MRTT aircraft equipped with a “Morpheus” kit will land today with high quality ventilators as well as test & serological kits. pic.twitter.com/yxS5hJwgNY
Agree , pathetic to watch people getting so excited for an import while Tejas deal lingers on and no one seems to care a bit
It should be like that. Public pressure should be there for better and faster defence procurements. There should be questions on why is there a shortage of fighter, submarines? or Why does a single fighter costs Rs 1800 cr?
Service chiefs should be able to justify their requirements and big-ticket procurements. Why does the navy need its own airforce and Rs 50,000 cr aircraft carrier? What purpose does it serve in a conflict?. The narrative shouldn't be run paid out journalists who write puff pieces daily for Boeing to Dassault.
When there is a successful pragmatic procurement like rafale. The political class should be able to reap the benefits. Do a flypast or a circus i don't care as long as our forces get to use it.
First new jet in service for so many years.....
You can't compare the two.
Rafale is far more potent than Tejas, even if you need a lot of the latest for air defense.
becuase population is more educated, a good image of military makes it easy for population to support with taxes. Not like the sikulars below who kept Indians uneducated for 70 years so that they could route money only where they could scam.
Why 5?
Only one Rafale is enough.
Also why shoot down just 10 F-16?
The "Mahaan" Rafale must shoot down 30 with one bullet.
JF 17 Block-1
1) no hot refuelling, so has to shutdown engines for 45 mins before refueling on ground
2) no mid-air refuelling so limited in range and has to return to base to top up
Basically for every 1 hour it will spend in air, it spends 3 on ground. With this kind of an AF, why should it be so difficult?
#Now
— Anantha Krishnan M🇮🇳 (@writetake) July 27, 2020
All 5 #Rafales have landed safely in Al Dhafra airbase after a sortie in excess of 7 hours, says #IAF.
sajanwa ghar ayo re
IAF would be thinking that now they rule the world.
Thaamo ....they are just 5. Can handle Pakistan completely but not 2 front with just 5
IAF was vocal about it when they said they need 200+ to actually fight both Pak and China.
All because of RaGa's dramebaazi a few years ago.
I hope and Pray.our Rafales are Armed with MICA at least if Not Meteor during
This journey
I am 100 percent sure Pakistan will try to do some mischief
FAF4063 already over Gujarat and IL76 trailing it.FAF4061Air to Air Refuelling planned during the first leg of the ferry will be undertaken by dedicated Tanker support from French Air Force. The aircraft are likely to reach AF Stn Ambala on 29 Jul 20. No 17 Sqn, 'The Golden Arrows', is being raised at #Ambala with #Rafale aircraft. 2/2
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) July 27, 2020
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FAF4063 (a330 MRTT) is over the Indian Ocean at the moment. It is the one that brings the technical and medical teams dedicated to covid management to Ambala to ensure that Indian personnel do not bring the virus back.
It took off from istres, made circles over Corsica, then Mediteranean off Turkey, passing through Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf, the UAE, and now it's off Pakistan. 41,000 feet, 422 knots.
Then we'll see if he's accompanied or not... It would be a welcome turnaround, but it would still make for a long convoy for a first flight, even if Trappier seems impressed by the professionalism of the Indians who apparently sent some very serious "mustaches", like at the time of the Mirage 2000 with the Sikh pilots. They are said to have mastered the Rafale's combat system very well.
said Éric Trappier on this occasion.
added the President of Dassault Aviation.
One of France's A330 MRTTs will bring to India medical equipment [70 respirators and 100,000 test kits] to combat the covid-19 epidemic, as well as a team of experts from the Army Health Service [SSA].
, said Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces.
