The first batch of 5 Rafale fighter jets has landed in UAE on way to India. The jets landed at Al Dhafra airbase in the UAE after a sortie in excess of seven hours. The fleet, comprising three single seater and two twin seater aircraft, is scheduled to arrive at Ambala airbase on 29 July. Earlier, the aircraft flew out from the Merignac airbase in French port city of Bordeaux.