India and France have fielded a number of fighter jets in the exercise which include Rafales of two sides besides Mirages and the Sukhois of the Indian Air Force. Read More
In the SKYROS military exercise, Indian Air Force will field its front line Russian origin Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters and Rafale fighters recently acquired from French defence giant Dassault Aviation while the French Air Force will field its own Rafale jets against Indian Sukhois and Rafale combat jets. Read More
Indian Air Force Rafale Fighter: Indian Air Force has received three more Rafale fighter jets at Jamnagar airbase located in western state of Gujarat near Pakistan border on Wednesday. These three Rafale jets arrived at the airbase after a non-stop 8 hour long flight as they were refuelled thrice by the air-tankers of French air... Read More
Indian Air Force Wednesday received five Rafale fighter jets at Ambala airbase located in North India. The five Rafale jets left from Dassault Aviation Facility, Merignac in France on Monday morning reached India Wednesday afternoon after flying for nearly 8,500 kilometers. Read More
BJP MP Varun Gandhi was at the centre of a controversy over allegations that he had leaked defence secrets to arms dealer Abhishek Verma after being honey trapped. However, Varun Gandhi immediately denied the charges. Read More
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has unveiled new Defence Procurement Policy. Defence minister said the new policy would ensure transparency and speedy acquisition of defence hardware. Read More