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Consequently, the Rafale M weighs about 500 kg (1,100 lb) more than the Rafale C. [35] [39] It is the only non-US fighter type cleared to operate from the decks of US carriers, using catapults and their arresting gear, as demonstrated in 2008 when six Rafales from Flottille 12F integrated into the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Air Wing ...
A Dassault Rafale flying at Aero India 2017. The Rafale deal controversy is a political controversy in India related to the purchase of 36 Rafale multirole fighter aircraft for a price estimated at €7.87 billion (₹58,891 Crore) by the Defence Ministry of India from France's Dassault Aviation.
Among the participants were the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, F-16BR, JAS Gripen NG, Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon and the modernized Su-35. [ citation needed ] Although the Brazilian government eliminated the Su-35 in 2008, [ 170 ] Rosoboronexport subsequently offered to sell the country 120 aircraft with full technology transfer, [ 171 ] as ...
Serbia could soon sign a deal on the procurement of 12 Rafale multi-purpose fighter jets from France, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday. Vucic, who is on a two-day visit to France, said ...
The first six of a dozen Rafale multipurpose fighter jets purchased by Croatia from France landed at an air force base near Zagreb on Thursday with a welcome ceremony attended by top officials ...
The Rafale began trials in late September 2009. [114] As of late October 2009, the IAF has completed the trials of F/A-18, F-16, Rafale, and MiG-35. According to Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, all the aircraft tested so far "are going neck and neck". [115] The Gripen was the last of the aircraft to be evaluated by the IAF.
A series of NATO air policing missions around Estonia has seen F-35 and Rafale jets called into action. French Rafale jets intercepted a Russian IL-18 aircraft off Estonia's coast on Friday.
Air transports for heads of state and government are, in many countries, provided by the air force in specially equipped airliners or business jets.One such aircraft in particular has become part of popular culture: Air Force One, used by the President of the United States and operated by the United States Air Force.