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Youth attempts to scale Ambala Air Force Station's wall, nabbed
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Security personnel of the Indian Air Force nabbed a 'suspicious' youth, trying to scale the 12-foot-high outer wall of the air base of Ambala, home to the newly-inducted Rafale fighter aircraft, officials said.
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7th edition of Indo-French air exercise Garuda VII culminates in Jodhpur
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The seventh edition of the bilateral air exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the French Air and Space Force (FASF), 'Exercise Garuda-VII' concluded at Air Force Station, Jodhpur on Saturday.
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I have trained like my male colleagues, machine does not differentiate bet
Updated : 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): India's first female Rafale fighter aircraft pilot Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh on Tuesday said that she has trained the same way her male colleagues did as machines do not differentiate between genders.
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Three more Rafale fighter aircraft arrived in India
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Three more Rafale fighter aircraft arrived in India on Tuesday evening after taking off from France. The Rs 60,000 crore contract between India and France for 36 Rafale fighter jets is now nearing completion as only one aircraft is left to be inducted in
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Cong stand vindicated, says Kharge after French probe in Rafale deal
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): After a French judge was appointed to investigate alleged corruption in the sale of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft to India, Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha on Sunday said Indian National Congress' stand is vindicated as "the scandal
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Sixth batch of Rafale fighter aircraft lands in India
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): A batch of three Rafale fighter aircraft landed in India on Thursday after taking off from France. The Indian Air Force (IAF) will soon be commencing flying operations of the second squadron of these planes in Hashimara, West Bengal, sources said on Friday
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Fifth batch of Rafale fighter aircrafts arrive in India
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The fifth batch of Rafale fighter aircrafts arrived in India on Wednesday flying a distance of 8,000 km from Merignac Air Base in France.
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Major boost for IAF, 10 Rafales to join in one month
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): In a major boost for the Indian Air Force's firepower, at least 10 new Rafale fighter aircraft would be joining its fighter fleet leading to the formation of the second squadron of the planes.
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French Defence Minister to visit India for Rafale induction ceremony
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): French Defence Minister Florence Parly will embark on an official visit to India on September 10, where she will attend the induction ceremony of the first batch of the Rafale fighter aircraft by the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station (AFS) Ambala.
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Worried about probable bird-hits, IAF expresses concerns over security of
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], September 2 (ANI): Air Marshal Manvendra Singh has written to Chief Secretary, Haryana, stating that the birds flying around the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) base in Ambala can pose a threat to the fighter aircraft, especially Rafale.
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Rajnath Singh to induct Rafales on Sept 10, French Defence Minister also i
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will formally induct the five Rafale fighter aircraft into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on September 10 at the Ambala air base in Haryana in a ceremony for which French Defence Minister Florence Parly would also be invited.
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World-class fighter jets will prove to be game-changer: Shah after Rafale
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Calling touchdown of Rafale fighter aircraft at Ambala airbase as "historic day" for Indian Air Force and proud moment for India, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that "world-class fighter jets will prove to be a game-changer".
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