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France will solely finance the upgraded F5 fighter jet program after UAE negotiations collapsed due to a lack of local industry involvement and technology access. This decision comes as France faces increasing defense pressures and competing priorities, highlighting Paris's commitment to maintaining sovereign control over its Rafale program.

India currently has around three squadrons of mirage 2000 fighter jets manufactured by French aerospace major Dassault Aviation. The squadrons are based in Gwalior. The government sources said the mirage 2000 multi-role aircraft was chosen for the strike for its capability to hit targets with "pin-point" accuracy.

A mirage 2000 fighter of the Indian Air Force crashed on Monday in Rajasthan, about 60 km south-east of Jaipur, in a second such crash in less than two weeks.

India will ink the upgrade deal for Mirage-2000 fighters with France in the not too distant future but questions continue to be raised about the "exorbitant" cost of upgrading the 52 French-origin jets in IAF's combat fleet.

Indian Air Force is planning to buy two second-hand mirage 2000 combat aircraft to make up for the losses suffered by it in crashes earlier this year.

The aim behind successfully test-landing a Mirage-2000 fighter on the Yamuna Expressway on Thursday was to be able to use national highways during emergencies as well as conflict situations if it’s required.

Deployment of mirage 2000 aircraft proved to be a "game changer" for India in the Kargil conflict and turned the tide of the war in the country's favour, according to senior Indian Air Force (IAF) officers. The mirage 2000 aircraft played a crucial role in the battles fought on the icy heights of Kargil, and also hit enemy targets bunkered in at the Tiger Hill.

The overall upgrade programme of the Mirage-2000s is pegged at Rs 17,547 crore, with the first two fighters being upgraded in France and the rest 49 by HAL.

The Indian Air Force is carrying out night time combat air patrols over the Eastern Ladakh sector involving its fighter aircraft including the MiG-29 and Sukhoi-30MKI along with its Apache attack helicopters and the Chinook heavy-lift helicopters. Senior fighter pilot A Rathi said night-time operations have an inherent element of surprise and the IAF is fully trained.

Indian Air Force has temporarily stopped all routine training flying of Mirage-2000 fighter aircraft as a precautionary measure after two of these planes crashed within a span of 11 days in February and March.

LONDON: In a bid to enhance its strike and nuclear-deterrence capabilities, India planned to acquire 126 mirage 2000-5 multi-role fighter aircraft, a leading defence weekly reported on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: India has opened negotiations with the French fighter jet major Dassault Aviation for the possible supply of 126 of the upgraded mirage 2000-5 jets to bolster the delivery arm of the newly-raised strategic nuclear command.

Two Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter planes - Sukhoi-30 and mirage 2000 - crashed in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district following an accident during a routine training mission on Saturday morning. According to IAF oficials, the two pilots of the Sukhoi-30MKI aircraft ejected safely while the pilot of the Mirage-2000 lost his life.

The acceptance ceremony of the first two Indian Air Force (IAF) mirage 2000 I/TI was held at Istres, Dassault Aviation’s Flight Test Centre on Wednesday.

BANGALORE: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has told the Defence Ministry it wants to procure 140 mirage 2000 aircraft for its fleet.

India and Qatar discuss purchase of 12 second-hand Mirage-2000-5 jets in New Delhi. Qatari offer includes missiles and engines. Indian Air Force to increase Mirage fleet to 60.

The Indian Air Force demonstrated its growing military strength at Vayu Shakti-2026. The exercise highlighted advanced air defence systems like the S-400 and indigenous Akash missiles. Various fighter jets, helicopters, and transport aircraft showcased coordinated combat operations. This event signals India's enhanced preparedness and deterrence capabilities.

Five months after her fighter pilot husband’s death, Garima Abrol is all set to join the Air Force Academy in Dundigal to train as a flying officer. Garima’s husband, squadron leader Samir Abrol, and co-pilot Siddharth Negi were killed on February 1 when their Mirage-2000 crashed at the HAL airport in Bengaluru.

The anger and grief among the family, friends and colleagues of Squadron Leader Samir 'Batman' Abrol was channelised in a poem penned by the deceased officer's younger brother, Sushant, and posted on Instagram by Samir's wife, Garima - a physiotherapist and zumba instructor - and Sushant. It read, "Never had he breathed so heavy, as for the last time/While the bureaucracy enjoyed its corrupt cheese and wine/We give our warriors outdated machines to fight/They still deliver it with all their prowess and might."

The pilot of the Mirage-2000 multi-role fighter, which crashed near its Gwalior base, was found dead near the wreckage in the early hours of Thursday.

NEW DELHI: There is no proposal to ground Mirage-2000 fighter aircraft as there was no doubt regarding its reliability as an operational platform, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Lok Sabha on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: IAF chief Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy will leave for France this week to discuss the possible acquisition of additional multi-role Mirage-2000 fighters to bolster India’s ageing air combat fleet.

NEW DELHI: India's first-ever joint exercise with combat fighters from another country will kick off in Gwalior next week when IAF and French Air Force jets will tear into the sky and perform complicated manoeuvres with each other.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage-2000 combat jet crashed in Rajasthan on Monday but the pilot ejected to safety, an officer said.