Rafales to have tail number of RB and BS

Following tritions, Indian Air Force has named first Rafale trainer aircraft as RB 008, in a tribute to an officer who led tough negotiations for 36 French fighter jets. officer in this case is Air Marshal Rakesh Bhuria, who played a very critical role in procurement of fighter jets. RB 008 first flew on October 30 and will be 36th aircraft to be delivered, 67 months after Inter Government Agreement, in April 2022.

tail number of Rafale fighter jets, besides trainer, will be in series of BS 001 and re is prize for guessing what BS stands for. For those still wondering, it is named after IAF chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhaa.

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In past too, fighter jets have been named after officers who have played a crucial role in procurement. Even tail number of LCA Tejas is named after scientist Dr Kota Harinarayana, programme director and chief designer of indigeus aircraft.

Similarly, MiG 27s, which have a tail number of TS is also named after a former officer of IAF just like in case of SB for Sukhois. SB stands for two young Wing Commanders.

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Interestingly, C17 transport aircraft of IAF has a tail number CB, named after Charlie Browne, former IAF chief NAK Browne, whose call sign was Charlie Browne.

Tail Number is given by Operations Branch of IAF and n series are allotted by Maintenance Branch.  “se are nuggets which many don’t kw. re is fixed parameter for tail numbers,” a source said.

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