NEW DELHI: To boost combat capability, the Indian Air force is in the process of raising the second squadron of the advanced multi-role Rafale Fighters.
The IAF sources said, “The second Rafale Squadron will be raised at the next Main Operating Base (MOB) Hasimara in mid-April this year”. The Hasimara Air force Base is in West Bengal.
The conversion training of the Rafale fighter pilots has been going on in France and the IAF would be moving the fighters to Hasimara in May as by that time the fresh set of pilots will complete their training.