Signifying close Defence ties between two countries, three French Rafele jets along with support aircraft stopped for a day at an IAF airbase and flew out after refuelling on Thursday. The French contingent is carrying out a major long range mission in Indo-Pacific codenamed Pegase 22.
The stop over and refuelling operation at IAF airbase in Sulur near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu demonstrated a high level of mutual trust and interoperability between French and Indian Air Forces, which has been further boosted by fact that both Air Forces now fly Rafale jets.
It also illustrated concrete implementation of the reciprocal logistics support agreement signed by France and India in 2018, the French Embassy said here.
