3 Rafale fighters landing next week, 9 more in April to add to IAF’s firepower

[SQ8]

Only in India is each small delivery of expensive foreign jets celebrated. It shows how little they think of themselves and how in awe they still are of anything foreign. To put it in perspective, they do not give this much coverage to any new LCA delivered to IAF. Bizarre mentality.


Things looked gloomy for PAF before Feb 27th, but somehow we survived.

Im sure coconuts were cracked and a new idol is in place - but then breaking idols is a long held tradition from Pakistani ancestry.

 

[Shah_G]

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Those curves man. Until AMCA comes, she gonna be the best we have.

F-16s and JF-17s are digging those curves. Might hit on it passing by

 

[GumNaam]

so how many cups of tea should we prepare for the bailing rafale pilots?

 

[colonel rajesh]

3 Rafale fighters landing next week, 9 more in April to add to IAF’s firepower.
The IAF’s combat capability in India’s eastern flank will get more teeth when the Hasimara airbase in West Bengal is activated next month with the induction of at least five Rafales.
By Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 25, 2021 09:51 AM IST

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to acquire more teeth with three more Rafale omni-role fighters on their way to Ambala early next week with another nine slated to land by mid-April from France. The Hasimara forward base in north Bengal will start operations with five fighters next month, people aware of the matter said.According to French and Indian diplomats, an IAF team has already reached Merignac airbase in Bordeaux to finalise the date for ferrying three Rafales to Ambala. The expected date is either March 30 or 31 with the fighters to be refuelled mid-air by French refuellers as per availability with a stop-over at Al Dhafra airbase in the UAE.India ordered 36 planes from France (the equivalent of two squadrons with 18 jets each) in September 2016 for ₹59,000 crore under a government-to-government deal. The IAF’s Ambala-based Golden Arrows Squadron has already inducted 11 Rafale jets between July 2020 and January 2021. These fighter jets have been operated in the Ladakh theatre where the military is on high alert amid a border standoff with China since early May 2020.

Dassault Aviation has already handed over seven more fighters to the IAF for training in France and will deliver the remaining six Rafale jets after April to complete the delivery of 36 aircraft by end of this year.

The aircraft carries a range of potent weapon systems including long-range Meteor missiles, HAMMER smart munition and SCALP cruise missile. The beyond visual range air-to-air Meteor missile is considered a game-changer by defence experts with undisclosed range well beyond 100 kilometres.

Diplomats cited above said there was a remote possibility that IAF chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, who will be on a bilateral visit to France around April 20-22, could flag off the nine fighters from Merignac airbase.

The arrival of nine Rafales in April will complete the Ambala squadron with 18 aircraft. The second squadron at Hasimara forward base will be raised with five fighters. Although Hasimara is a front-line airbase for the fourth-generation-plus fighters in the eastern sector to keep a close eye on Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh borders with China, the fighters will be deployed all over the country, particularly north Assam.

Air force officials said after the induction of Rafales in Hasimara, India’s eastern flank will enhance the strategic capability of the IAF with a C-130J Hercules squadron based at West Bengal’s Panagarh.

National security planners are also pushing for the upgrade of Indian airbases in the eastern sector with more blast pens and surface-to-air missile cover given the rapid upgrade of Chinese infrastructure and military airbases all along the Line of Actual Control. An influential section within the military believes that IAF’s eastern air command, currently headquartered in salubrious climes of Shillong in Meghalaya, should be shifted closer to north Assam for rapid response.

3 Rafale fighters landing next week, 9 more in April to add to IAF’s firepower

The IAF’s combat capability in India’s eastern flank will get more teeth when the Hasimara airbase in West Bengal is activated next month with the induction of at least five Rafales

www.hindustantimes.com

very nice , bring more .

 

[IblinI]

It shows how little they think of themselves and how in awe they still are of anything foreign.

Well said.
No body in Chinese section opened thread and celebrating when CAC is deliverying a few dozen J20 each year, It's just another day in China.

 

[The Maverick]

Well said.
No body in Chinese section opened thread and celebrating when CAC is deliverying a few dozen J20 each year, It's just another day in China.


we cannot compete with this,fact
but plenty to tackle pakistan

 

[Reichsmarschall]

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Those curves man. Until AMCA comes, she gonna be the best we have.

I heard falcons and jeffs are into thicc girls.

 

[HostileInsurgent]

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Those curves man. Until AMCA comes, she gonna be the best we have.

MKI’s curves are the most seducing.

Only in India is each small delivery of expensive foreign jets celebrated. It shows how little they think of themselves and how in awe they still are of anything foreign. To put it in perspective, they do not give this much coverage to any new LCA delivered to IAF. Bizarre mentality.


Things looked gloomy for PAF before Feb 27th, but somehow we survived.

Is anyone out celebrating with sweets and firecrackers? Someone posted a news article here but then you are a ₹2 troll so you’ll obviously exaggerate.

so how many cups of tea should we prepare for the bailing rafale pilots?

93000 are delivered, next batch soon.

Well said.
No body in Chinese section opened thread and celebrating when CAC is deliverying a few dozen J20 each year, It's just another day in China.

It is just a news article

 

[The Maverick]

I predicted a,while back that pakistan would respond to Rafale purchase with block 3 thunders
we have talk of f16 and j10 but I always felt these, are more we would like to have them but for different reasons not achievable.

the Pakistanis new about rafale arrival since 2017 but 4 years later thunder is,still.the only response, I don't see this changing

talk of j31 or j35 is way way into the future ie,2035 onward,if at all..

no matter how you dress it down

Rafale mirage2000 strike combo is very potent
and it's,here already

 

[PradoTLC]

3 Rafale fighters landing next week, 9 more in April to add to IAF’s firepower.
The IAF’s combat capability in India’s eastern flank will get more teeth when the Hasimara airbase in West Bengal is activated next month with the induction of at least five Rafales.
By Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 25, 2021 09:51 AM IST

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to acquire more teeth with three more Rafale omni-role fighters on their way to Ambala early next week with another nine slated to land by mid-April from France. The Hasimara forward base in north Bengal will start operations with five fighters next month, people aware of the matter said.According to French and Indian diplomats, an IAF team has already reached Merignac airbase in Bordeaux to finalise the date for ferrying three Rafales to Ambala. The expected date is either March 30 or 31 with the fighters to be refuelled mid-air by French refuellers as per availability with a stop-over at Al Dhafra airbase in the UAE.India ordered 36 planes from France (the equivalent of two squadrons with 18 jets each) in September 2016 for ₹59,000 crore under a government-to-government deal. The IAF’s Ambala-based Golden Arrows Squadron has already inducted 11 Rafale jets between July 2020 and January 2021. These fighter jets have been operated in the Ladakh theatre where the military is on high alert amid a border standoff with China since early May 2020.

Dassault Aviation has already handed over seven more fighters to the IAF for training in France and will deliver the remaining six Rafale jets after April to complete the delivery of 36 aircraft by end of this year.

The aircraft carries a range of potent weapon systems including long-range Meteor missiles, HAMMER smart munition and SCALP cruise missile. The beyond visual range air-to-air Meteor missile is considered a game-changer by defence experts with undisclosed range well beyond 100 kilometres.

Diplomats cited above said there was a remote possibility that IAF chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, who will be on a bilateral visit to France around April 20-22, could flag off the nine fighters from Merignac airbase.

The arrival of nine Rafales in April will complete the Ambala squadron with 18 aircraft. The second squadron at Hasimara forward base will be raised with five fighters. Although Hasimara is a front-line airbase for the fourth-generation-plus fighters in the eastern sector to keep a close eye on Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh borders with China, the fighters will be deployed all over the country, particularly north Assam.

Air force officials said after the induction of Rafales in Hasimara, India’s eastern flank will enhance the strategic capability of the IAF with a C-130J Hercules squadron based at West Bengal’s Panagarh.

National security planners are also pushing for the upgrade of Indian airbases in the eastern sector with more blast pens and surface-to-air missile cover given the rapid upgrade of Chinese infrastructure and military airbases all along the Line of Actual Control. An influential section within the military believes that IAF’s eastern air command, currently headquartered in salubrious climes of Shillong in Meghalaya, should be shifted closer to north Assam for rapid response.

3 Rafale fighters landing next week, 9 more in April to add to IAF’s firepower

The IAF’s combat capability in India’s eastern flank will get more teeth when the Hasimara airbase in West Bengal is activated next month with the induction of at least five Rafales

www.hindustantimes.com

Yea...

Hope they won’t run away from a dogfight..

 

[Ghost 125]

I predicted a,while back that pakistan would respond to Rafale purchase with block 3 thunders
we have talk of f16 and j10 but I always felt these, are more we would like to have them but for different reasons not achievable.

the Pakistanis new about rafale arrival since 2017 but 4 years later thunder is,still.the only response, I don't see this changing

talk of j31 or j35 is way way into the future ie,2035 onward,if at all..

no matter how you dress it down

Rafale mirage2000 strike combo is very potent
and it's,here already

We will match your dragoons with our lancers. believing ur adversary to be a pushover is a fatal mistake.

 

[ziaulislam]

I predicted a,while back that pakistan would respond to Rafale purchase with block 3 thunders
we have talk of f16 and j10 but I always felt these, are more we would like to have them but for different reasons not achievable.

the Pakistanis new about rafale arrival since 2017 but 4 years later thunder is,still.the only response, I don't see this changing

talk of j31 or j35 is way way into the future ie,2035 onward,if at all..

no matter how you dress it down

Rafale mirage2000 strike combo is very potent
and it's,here already

Numbers matters...just 36 rafale arent enough for PAF to jump and buy a new plateform

Having said that its a general feel that if more f16s dont come(almost surety unless USA becomes desperate in afghanistan) then something will need to fill in those shoes and that is either the j10 or another chinese plateform
Its now almost a certainity that USA is leaving and so are most of afghan ANA commanders who are already negotiating with taliban to get a role

The rest will pack up their riches gained from free cash flow to move to dubai

But i dont see afghan govt holding pushtoon areas

It will be default be a four way break up followed by civil war and slow gains by taliban in other areas and huge influx of refugees to pakistan

Unless after the four way breakup powers can negotiate a cease fire

 

[The Maverick]

Numbers matters...just 36 rafale arent enough for PAF to jump and buy a new plateform

But i dont

do you not feel that 36 Rafale are a tremendous,Force multiplier to already potent air Force.

in other words

imagine 6 strike formations for 6 targets
each formation
has,

8 planes ie 4 mirage2000 carrying rampage 100km stand off missles
4 su30mki carrying 300 km Brahmos,cruise missLes,

now add 4 Rafale to each strike formations as the lead plane carrying scalp cruise missles, with meteore bvr with their radars,switched,off using spectra ew suites.

all of a,sudden each strike package is so much more dangerous,

my point is Rafale adds so much more threat in even in small nos

 

[SpaceMan18]

Numbers matters...just 36 rafale arent enough for PAF to jump and buy a new plateform

Having said that its a general feel that if more f16s dont come(almost surety unless USA becomes desperate in afghanistan) then something will need to fill in those shoes and that is either the j10 or another chinese plateform
Its now almost a certainity that USA is leaving and so are most of afghan ANA commanders who are already negotiating with taliban to get a role

The rest will pack up their riches gained from free cash flow to move to dubai

But i dont see afghan govt holding pushtoon areas

It will be default be a four way break up followed by civil war and slow gains by taliban in other areas and huge influx of refugees to pakistan

Unless after the four way breakup powers can negotiate a cease fire

Wait you guys actually have proper fighter jets ? Lucky


While we're over in Bangladesh chilling with rusty F-7s and only 8 Mig-29s

 

[Avatar]

Wait you guys actually have proper fighter jets ? Lucky


While we're over in Bangladesh chilling with rusty F-7s and only 8 Mig-29s

Would you choose having shiny jets and a looming conflict over peaceful unpeturbed progress?