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Aero India 2019: Rafale soars, nothing sour in the deal, says French Ambassador

Feb 20, 2019, 3:42 PM IST

Two Rafale fighter planes of the French Air Force have come to India for the Aero India show in Bengaluru and a total of three Rafale aircraft will be taking part in the show. Top officers of the IAF, including Air Marshal Vivek Chaudhary and Deputy Chief of Air Force will be flying the aircrafts. The Rafale fighter aircraft, which was the talk of the exhibition, paid homage to Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi, who lost his life in middle-air collision of the two Surya Kiran jets during rehearsal on February 19. Alexandre Ziegler, Ambassador of France to India speaks to MyNation about Rafale's performance including the controversy around it. Ziegler speaks further on Pulwama attack and more.