Stealth, skies and sovereignty: India's fighter jet plan takes offThe Defence Ministry has issued tenders for India’s indigenous fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme to three p...
27 May, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
NATO fighter jets led by French Rafale intercepted Russian military aircraft over Baltic SeaNATO intercepts russian jets: NATO fighter jets intercepted Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Monday, April 20. Allied jets ...
22 Apr, 2026, 07.38 AM IST
NATO intercepts Russian military aircraft flying over Baltic SeaNATO's response was swift as jets stationed at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania were dispatched to monitor Russian bombers and fighters intru...
21 Apr, 2026, 08.45 PM IST
Watch: President Murmu, Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, takes Rafale sortie, same jet that crushed PAF in Operation SindoorPresident Droupadi Murmu took to the skies in a breathtaking Rafale fighter jet, making history as the first Indian President to fly two di...
29 Oct, 2025, 01.59 PM IST
India's first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot part of IAF tableauLast year, Flight Lieutenant Bhawna Kanth became the first female fighter jet pilot to be part of the IAF tableau. Singh, who is from Varan...
26 Jan, 2022, 11.47 AM IST
Three more Rafale jets arrive in India from France"Three Rafale aircraft arrived in India a short while ago, after a direct ferry from #IstresAirBase, France. IAF deeply appreciates the sup...
21 Jul, 2021, 08.55 PM IST
Three more Rafales head for India; to take IAF's count to 21Last month, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria visited France, during which he took stock of the delivery of the remaining ...
05 May, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Three more Rafale jets arrive in India from FranceThe first batch of five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with ...
01 Apr, 2021, 02.28 PM IST
Three more Rafale jets leave for India from FranceThe first batch of five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with ...
01 Apr, 2021, 02.16 PM IST
Three more Rafale jets arrive in India from FranceThe Rafale jets are capable of carrying a range of potent weapons. European missile maker MBDA's Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air miss...
28 Jan, 2021, 04.08 PM IST
More firepower to IAF, 3 more Rafales to be added to fleetThe Indian Embassy in France tweeted that three more Rafale jets have taken off from Istres for a non-stop flight to India with mid-air ref...
28 Jan, 2021, 12.25 AM IST
IAF to deploy Rafale, Sukhoi, Mirage 2000 jets in exercise with French air force"The French side will participate with Rafale, Airbus A-330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), A-400M Tactical Transport aircraft," it sai...
19 Jan, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
There will be no delay in supply of Rafale jets to India: FranceThere will be no delay in delivery of 36 Rafale jets to India as the timeline finalised for the supply of the fighter jets will be strictly...
24 May, 2020, 07.06 PM IST
First four Rafale jets likely to arrive in India by last week of JulyIndia had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in September 2016 for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of aroun...
15 May, 2020, 08.45 PM IST
In ode to former IAF Chief BS Dhanoa, Rafale jets to have tail numbers with BS initialsSix Rafale trainer aircraft will carry RB series tail numbers which stand for Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, the current Chief of Air Sta...
08 Dec, 2019, 08.59 PM IST
IAF quietly making preparations to welcome Rafale jetsA number of IAF teams have already visited France to help Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of Rafale, incorporate India-specific enhance...
09 Sep, 2018, 03.30 PM IST
Ambala, Hasimara IAF bases being readied for Rafale jetsThe Rafale squadron to be deployed in Ambala will be known as Golden Arrows which was originally based in Bhatinda and was disbanded two ye...
14 Jul, 2018, 02.35 PM IST