Deployment of second squadron of Rafale fighter jets by end of July
Indian Air Force (IAF) is likely to operationalize the second squadron of the Rafale fighter jets by the end of July and will be stationed at the Hashimara air base in West Bengal. The first squadron of Rafale aircraft is stationed at Ambala Air Force Station in Haryana. The first consignment of five state-of-the-art Rafale fighter jets arrived in India on July 29, 2020, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France for the purchase of 36 aircraft at a cost of around Rs 59,000 crore. Indian Army Changes LoC Operation Technique Presently, the IAF has around