France will send four Dassault Rafale fighters to India in June to take part in the fifth round of joint 'Garuda' air exercises, an Indian Air Force spokesman said in New Delhi on 22 April.
He told IHS Jane's that the Rafales, accompanied by a KC-135 Stratotanker tanker, will undertake combat drills with the IAF's Sukhoi Su-30MKI, upgraded Mikoyan MiG-27 and MiG-21 'bis' fighters at the Jodhpur air base, 600 km west of New Delhi, for 10 days until 13 June.
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been in advanced negotiations with Dassault to acquire 126 Rafales for the IAF's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) requirement since 2012 but these talks recently stalled due to a resource crunch and the ongoing general election in India.
Source: http://www.janes.com/article/36933/fran ... -exercises
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