CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Forty-six months after the €7.87 bn contract was signed, the first five of 36 Rafale fighter jets landed at the Ambala airbase on Wednesday afternoon and the crew were welcomed by Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal (ACM) R.K.S. Bhadauria.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fleet, comprising three single seater and two twin seater aircraft, will be inducted into the Indian Air Force at the Ambala airbase in Haryana. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France’s Bordeaux on Monday.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first batch of five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29, 2020, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to procure 36 aircraft at a cost of ₹ 59, 000 crore.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first batch of ‘game-changing’ Rafale fighter jets have landed at Ambala, and will soon be inducted into the Indian Air Force, officials have said. The five Rafale jets left the Merignac airbase in French port city of Bordeaux on Monday, and arrived in India after covering a distance of nearly 7, 000 km.