TS ICET 26 May 2023 Shift 2 Solved Paper

Q.No : 191 - 195
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  On 15‌th ‌ December, 2022, the 36‌th ‌ and the last Rafale fighter jet landed in India after taking off from France, the Indian Air Force said on Thursday. "The last of the 36‌th ‌ IAF Rafale Aircraft landed in India after a quick en-route mid-air refuelling from a UAE Air Force tanker aircraft after taking off from France to reach India," ANI quoted Indian Air Force (IAF) officials as saying. The deal was signed for 36 planes out of which 3 have already been delivered and stationed at Ambala, Haryana and Hashimara in West Bengal. The 36‌t ‌ aircraft has been provided to the Indian side by France with all its spares and other parts replaced as it was being used for developmental activities, the officials added.
 The first batch of Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29,2020 . The IAF also started upgrading the planes to the highest standards and equipped them with all the India-specific enhancements.
 The Rafale is a 4.5 generation aircraft with long range air to air and air to ground missiles along with advanced radar and electronic warfare capabilities.
 The French firm Dassault Aviation is also involved in the maintenance of the aircraft, whose serviceability is over 75 per cent. The Rafale was inducted swiftly into the Indian Air Force at the peak of the conflict with China and had started operating over Ladakh within a week of its arrival in the country.