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The Indian Air Force will celebrate its 92nd anniversary with a grand air show at Marina Beach, Chennai, on October 8th. The event will feature breathtaking displays by fighter jets like Rafale, Sukhoi, and Tejas, along with thrilling performances by the Akash Ganga skydiving team.

The first squadron of Rafale was raised at Ambala in Haryana to deal with the adversary on the western front while Hasimara is being raised to counter the Chinese threat on the eastern front

With tensions on the Eastern front far from showing any signs of de-escalation, Indian Air Force is reportedly tweaking a lethal missile armed on its gamechanger Rafale fighter jet

The Rafale aircraft will cover a distance of nearly 7,000 km from France to India with air-to-air refuelling and a single stop at a French airbase in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Ex-IAF chief BS Dhanoa has blamed the previous UPA government for its inordinate delay in purchasing Rafale fighter jets,and suggested that had wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman flown a Rafale last year, things would have been different. 

Defence minister Rajnath Singh received the first Rafale fighter jet in France while the nation observed Indian Air Force Day wherein Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flew the MiG-21 Bison during a fly past. A drone that entered India from Pakistan’s side left the Border Security Force on high alert near Punjab. Watch top news in 100 seconds only on MyNation
 

Defence experts on Monday hailed the arrest of a JeM operative from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, terming it a big success for security forces in the Valley. India has received first tranche of details about financial accounts of its residents in Swiss banks under a new automatic exchange of information framework between the two countries, marking a significant milestone in the fight against black money suspected to be stashed abroad. Here's the latest news of the day from across the country on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh, will be on a three-day visit to France where he would receive the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets manufactured for India

Defence minister Rajnath Singh is to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on October 8 before receiving the first Rafale jet manufactured for India. Singh is likely to fly a sortie of the Indian Rafale aircraft in France on the same day.

French ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler has stated that the first Rafale fighter aircraft will arrive in India in two months, 'perfectly on time'

 

In December, the apex court had rejected the petition that accused the government of deliberately procuring 36 Rafale fighter jets at an inflated price to help Anil Ambani’s newly formed defence firm get an offset contract with jet-maker Dassault Aviation.

While defence equipment manufacturers were earlier reluctant to let India jointly produce their war machines under licence, more and more renowned companies in the trade, like Lockheed Martin at the Aero India 2019, are now ready to turn Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship 'Make in India' initiative a roaring success

Three Rafale fighter jets have made their way into Bengaluru waiting to showcase themselves in the 12th edition of Aero India 2019.