Key Points:
- The 88th Air Force Day Parade will include Rafale Jet in it.
- October 8 is celebrated as Air Force Day to mark its establishment in the year 1932.
- The Parade will take place at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad.
- Rafale is bought by India from Russia and was revealed in the country in this year’s September.
- IL-76 “Gajraj”, LCA “Tejas” and C-130J “Super Hercules” are some of the jets that will be a part of the parade along with Rafale.
Indian Air Force is set to have a Grand Parade on October 8 on the occasion of the Air Force Day. The Russian bought Rafale Fighter aircraft is set to make its Air Force Day debut. The Aircraft was formally introduced into the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) famous 17 Squadron named the ‘Golden Arrows’, at the Ambala airbase in Haryana on September 10.
The Air Force Day marks the establishment of the Indian Air Force on October 8, 1932. The Air Force Station Hindan in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) was the place where it was established. This year is the 88th celebration of the Air Force Day which will include an annual parade at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad inclusive of the air display of a range of aircrafts.
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— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) October 3, 2020
“Along with other aircraft, the Rafale aircraft will also take part in the Air Force Day parade on October 8,” the IAF official said.
About Rafale:
- Rafale is a fighter jet that India bought from Russia.
- It is built by the French Aerospace major Dassault Aviation.
- It is known for its Air Supremacy and its Precision Strikes.
- The jet is capable of hauling a range of potent weapons.
- European missile maker MBDA’s Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile and Scalp cruise missile will be the mainstay of the weapons package of the Rafale jets.
- After Sukhoi jets from Russia, Rafale Jets are the first major possession of fighter planes in the last 23 years.
- The second batch of four to five Rafale jets is expected to arrive in India by November.
IL-76 “Gajraj”, Mi-17 V5, LCA “Tejas”, AH-64E Apache, C-130J “Super Hercules”, C-17 “Globemaster”, Mi-35 and SU-30MKI “Flanker” are the other Jets along with Rafale that will feature in the 88th-anniversary celebrations.
