Pakistan’s lies exposed again! All 36 Rafales of India safe even after Operation Sindoor, Air Force tender document reveals

Tezzbuzz Desk – During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan had made many big claims regarding the Rafale fighter planes of the Indian Air Force. Pakistan had claimed that it had shot down three Rafale fighter planes of the Indian Air Force. However, now an official document of the Indian Air Force has raised questions on these claims.

In fact, the Indian Air Force has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the French company Dassault Aviation and its associated companies related to the maintenance and operational support of Rafale aircraft. The document clearly mentions that the Indian Air Force is currently operating 36 Rafale fighter aircraft and these require bridge support for a period of five months.

According to the document, the proposal has been prepared for maintenance, spare parts and technical support for all 36 Rafale aircraft purchased under the India-France inter-governmental agreement of 2016. It also estimates a total of 2250 flying hours over a five-month period, taking into account the operation of all 36 aircraft.

Defense experts believe that if any Rafale aircraft had been lost during Operation Sindoor and was no longer part of the fleet, the number of aircraft in this scheme of maintenance and flying hours would have appeared different. But the mention of all 36 aircraft in the official document seems to weaken Pakistan’s claims.

It is noteworthy that during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan had claimed that it had shot down three Rafale fighter planes of the Indian Air Force. However, the Indian Government and the Indian Air Force never confirmed these claims. Now the recent document has once again raised questions on the credibility of these claims of Pakistan.