Indian Air Force To Increase Firepower Compared To China
Indian Air Force to increase firepower compared to China, to meet soon and 10 Rafale aircraft. The firepower of the Indian Air Force is going to be stronger.
Within a month, the Air Force fleet will be joined by 10 more Rafale fighter aircraft. This will also pave the way for the formation of the second squadron of Rafale aircraft.
With the arrival of new aircraft, the number of Rafale in the Air Force will be 21. Earlier, 11 squadrons have been involved in 17 squadrons of the Air Force’s Ambala base.
The first three and the seven fighter jets will meet by the end of next month.
Senior sources associated with the government told ANN, ‘Three Rafale fighter jets will fly directly from France to India in two to three days, which will be fueled by the Allied Air Force in the sky.
After this, in the second fortnight of next month, seven to eight fighter aircraft and their trainer version will be available. With this, our firepower will increase further.
Rafale’s second squadron to be built at Hashimara airbase near the Bhutan border.
Sources said that all these aircraft from France will arrive at Ambala Air Base. From there, some of these will be sent to Hashimara, where the process of formation of the second squadron of Rafale fighter jets has already been started.
Explain that a squadron consists of 15 to 18 aircraft. Hashimara Air Force Station is close to the Indo-Bhutan border in the Alipurduar district of Bengal.
In 2016, India signed a deal with France’s Dassault Aviation to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets. By the end of April this year, 50 percent of these aircraft will be coming to India.
Hashimara is a strategic base for operations of the Air Force as it is close to Bhutan and Chumbi Valley. In the Chumbi Valley itself, the tri-junction between India, Bhutan, and China.
Doklam is located where there was a long standoff with the Chinese army in 2017. The said tri-junction is a matter of concern for all three countries.
