India formally receives the first Rafale fighter jet

The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation of France
Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform;
- In-depth strike,
- Anti-ship strike
- Nuclear deterrence missions
In September 2016, India and France signed a €7.87 billion Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for 36 Rafale multi-role fighter jets in fly-away condition following the surprise announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2015.
The first batch of the jets will arrive in India only in May 2020.
By February 2021, India will receive 18 Rafale jets and by April 2022, India will get all the 36 Rafale.
The Rafale has been used in combat over Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria.