In a first high-level visit post selection of French Rafale as the lowest bidder for the 126 fighter jets, the Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne is in France for a four-day visit. The Chief will also be going to the production facility fo Rafale "to get a first hand impression of the MMRCA".
Hers is IAF release-
"Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, is on a four day goodwill
visit to France. During the visit, he is scheduled to call on Mr Jean-Yves Le
Drian, the new French Defence Minister, Admiral Édouard Guillaud, French Chief
of Defence Staff, Ingenieur Général de l'Armement (IGA) Laurent Collet-Billon,
Director-General of the French Defence Technology and Procurement Agency (DGA)
and General Jean-Paul Paloméros, Chief of Staff of the French Air Force, to
discuss a wide range of bilateral issues on the ongoing defence cooperation
between India and France.
The visit that aims at expanding the already robust bilateral military to military ties between the two countries, would see the IAF Chief visit, Cognac, Istres and St.Dizier airbases of the French Air Force (FAF). At St.Dizier, he would be visiting the Rafale Squadron to get an first hand impression of the MMRCA, selected by the IAF, as also to see Rafale’s Production facilities at Mérignac, besides overseeing the progress of the various projects being carried forward as joint ventures between the two countries. He would also be interacting with the IAF’s Project Management Team members for the Mirage- 2000 Upgrade Project.
The visit is significant, as it is the first high level official visit from India to France after the new government has taken office.
The Chief of the Staff, French Air Force, General Jean-Paul Paloméros, had been on a Air Force to Air Force visit to India during September last year, where he had also visited some of the IAF’s airbases including Jaisalmer and Gwalior."
The visit that aims at expanding the already robust bilateral military to military ties between the two countries, would see the IAF Chief visit, Cognac, Istres and St.Dizier airbases of the French Air Force (FAF). At St.Dizier, he would be visiting the Rafale Squadron to get an first hand impression of the MMRCA, selected by the IAF, as also to see Rafale’s Production facilities at Mérignac, besides overseeing the progress of the various projects being carried forward as joint ventures between the two countries. He would also be interacting with the IAF’s Project Management Team members for the Mirage- 2000 Upgrade Project.
The visit is significant, as it is the first high level official visit from India to France after the new government has taken office.
The Chief of the Staff, French Air Force, General Jean-Paul Paloméros, had been on a Air Force to Air Force visit to India during September last year, where he had also visited some of the IAF’s airbases including Jaisalmer and Gwalior."
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