50% of Rafale price paid, first flight in Oct 2022

The IAF will get delivery of the first four jets in France in September this year, which will be followed by training of the "main" induction team of around 10 pilots, 10 flight engineers and 40 technicians there. These jets will arrive at the Ambala airbase in Haryana in May 2020. But the 13 India-specific enhancements will become fully operational only by September-October 2022.