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Air Force To Start Upgrading Rafale Fighter Fleet From January 2022: Report


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HomeAll IndiaAir Force To Start Upgrading Rafale Fighter Fleet From January
2022: Report


AIR FORCE TO START UPGRADING RAFALE FIGHTER FLEET FROM JANUARY 2022: REPORT


INDIA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED AROUND 30 OF THESE PLANES AND THREE MORE OF THEM
WOULD BE ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY ON DECEMBER 7-8.

All IndiaAsian News InternationalUpdated: November 21, 2021 4:11 pm IST


The upgrade of the aircraft would be carried out at the Ambala Air Force Station
(FILE)



New Delhi:

 Having already received around 30 Rafale combat aircraft from France, the
Indian Air Force would start upgrading its fleet of French-origin fighters from
January 2022, with India-specific enhancements.

"A high-level team of Indian Air Force officers is in France to evaluate the
performance of the testbed aircraft with tail number RB-008 at the Istres
airbase there. The aircraft has been equipped with all the India Specific
Enhancements agreed upon between the two sides in the 2016 contract," government
sources told ANI.

Once the enhancements are approved and accepted by the IAF, the upgrade is
planned to be started from January next year onwards making the Indian planes
more capable," they said. The India specific enhancements would include
integration of highly capable missiles, low band jammers and satellite
communication systems as per Indian requirements.

India has already received around 30 of these planes and three more of them
would be arriving in the country on December 7-8.

As per the contract schedule, sources in the Air Force said kits would be
brought to India from France and every month, three to four Indian rafales would
be upgraded to the ISE standards.The last aircraft to arrive in India from
France would be the RB-008 named after the former air force chief Air Chief
Marshal RKS Bhadauria (retd) who played a crucial role as the Deputy Chief to
sign the contract worth over ₹ 60,000 crore with France under a government to
government deal with France.

The upgrade of the aircraft would be carried out at the Ambala Air Force Station
which is the first base of the plane in the country.

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The Indian Air Force has also started the training of its pilots on the aircraft
within the country itself after training its personnel in France. Once inducted
fully, the fleet would have eight twin-seater trainer planes with tail numbers
in the RB series while 28 single-seaters with BS tail number series.

The BS tail numbers are in honour of the former air force chief Air Chief
Marshal BS Dhanoa who retired in 2019 after leading the Balakot airstrikes of
February 26 2019.





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India is now planning to go ahead with the case for acquiring 114 multirole
fighter aircraft for which a case is to be moved to the defence ministry by the
IAF in near future.

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