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Commanding Officer of first Rafale squadron transferred
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Last Updated: Mar 12, 2021, 04:44 PM IST
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The sources said Group Captain Harkirat Singh is likely to oversee the raising of the second Rafale squadron in his new posting at the Eastern Air Command.
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The Commanding Officer of the first Rafale fighter squadron based in Ambala air force station in Haryana has been transferred to the headquarters of the Eastern Air Command in Shillong, official sources said on Thursday.
Group Captain Harkirat Singh is set to be succeeded by Group Captain Rohit Kataria as the commanding officer of the squadron, known as 17 Golden Arrows.
The Rafale jets are India s first major acquisition of fighter planes in 23 years after the Sukhoi jets were imported from Russia. Picture credit (PTI)
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force is set to raise a second squadron of the Rafale combat aircraft in mid-April and it will be based in Hasimara air base in West Bengal, official sources said on Thursday.
The first squadron of the Rafale jets is stationed at Ambala Air Force station. The first batch of five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29 last, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to procure 36 of the aircraft at a cost of Rs 59,000 crore.
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