Ambala: Rafale jets formally inducted in IAF

Ambala: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of Armed Forces of France Florence Parly during ‘Sarva Dharma Puja’ at the Rafale induction ceremony, at IAF airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Priests perform ‘Sarva Dharma Puja’ during the Rafale induction ceremony, at IAF airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of Armed Forces of France Florence Parly during the Rafale induction ceremony, at IAF airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: IAF’s Tejas aircraft flies during the Rafale induction ceremony, in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Rafale aircraft to be formally inducted into the Indian Air Force, at the airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)(PTI10-09-2020_000026B)
Ambala: Air display of the first batch of IAF’s Rafale aircraft in an arrow formation followed by Jaguar and SU-30 aircraft during the formers induction ceremony, in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: IAF pilots before flying the first batch of five Rafale aircraft during its induction ceremony, at the airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the Rafale induction ceremony, at IAF airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: IAF helicopters ‘Sarang’ perform during the Rafale induction ceremony, at the airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist
Ambala: IAF pilots before flying the first batch of five Rafale aircraft during its induction ceremony, at the airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of Armed Forces of France Florence Parly during the Rafale induction ceremony, at IAF airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Rafale aircraft to be formally inducted into the Indian Air Force, at the airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Rafale aircraft being accorded water salute during its induction ceremony, in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Rafale aircraft being accorded water salute during its induction ceremony, in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the Rafale induction ceremony, at IAF airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
Ambala: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria during the Rafale induction ceremony, at the airbase in Ambala, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)