"New Bird In Arsenal": 5 Rafale Jets To Join Air Force Today- Live Updates

The first batch of five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to buy 36 jets for Rs 59,000 crore.

'New Bird In Arsenal': 5 Rafale Jets To Join Air Force Today- Live Updates

The Rafale Jets will be inducted at 10 AM.

Five Rafale jets will be inducted today into the Indian Air Force at 10 am in Ambala air base in Haryana. 

The ceremony, described as a "very important milestone" by an IAF spokesperson, will be attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, his French counterpart Florence Parly, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar. 

The first batch of five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to buy 36 jets for Rs 59,000 crore.

The Rafale jets, built by French aerospace major Dassault Aviation, are known for air-superiority and precision strikes on ground targets, making them truly multirole jets.

Here are the live updates as first batch of Rafale jets join IAF:

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