The Rafale’s swansong in India April 19, 2009 / By Team Livefist They didn't bring a Rafale to Aero India 2009. Maybe they already had a hunch. This was the Rafale's (presumably) final presence in the country. Photos by Shiv Aroor (Aero India 2009) XFacebookEmailMessengerTelegramWhatsApp
Anonymous April 20, 2009 at 8:37 am It seems Rafale is still in the MMRCA race : “The Indian Air Force has denied reports that the Dassault Rafale has been eliminated from the country’s medium multi-role combat aircraft competition.” http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/20/325334/indian-air-force-says-rafale-still-in-fighter-competition.html Reply
Pratik Sawerdekar April 20, 2009 at 11:31 am Rafale is still in the game, http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=10770 Reply
Anonymous April 21, 2009 at 3:51 am Yet another flip. So much for transparency promised by the Air Chief on MMRCA. Its clear a lot of wrangling is going on among the jet lobbies. Reply
It seems Rafale is still in the MMRCA race :
“The Indian Air Force has denied reports that the Dassault Rafale has been eliminated from the country’s medium multi-role combat aircraft competition.”
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/20/325334/indian-air-force-says-rafale-still-in-fighter-competition.html
Rafale is still in the game, http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=10770
Yet another flip. So much for transparency promised by the Air Chief on MMRCA. Its clear a lot of wrangling is going on among the jet lobbies.