For most of the past decade, aviation watchers have followed the Indian Air Force’s quest for over a 100 new fighter aircraft, often with frustration. But there is another Indian Air Force requirement that has not been fulfilled despite the service selecting its preferred product, twice.
On Friday, during his annual press conference, Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria announced that an “earlier process” to select a new aerial refuelling aircraft for the Indian Air Force had been withdrawn and new requests for information would be issued to potential bidders.
