India, during Operation Sindoor, reportedly tricked Pakistan into believing it shot down a Rafale aircraft. It did so by ...

India has yet to confirm it officially but this was one of a number of its fighter jets that were lost in a four-day conflict ...

India admits to losing jets in military confrontation with rival neighbour in May but refuses to disclose number ...

Following a flare-up of hostilities between India and Pakistan in May 2025, a coordinated information campaign has targeted ...

Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Éric Trappier confirmed that no Rafale jets were lost in combat during Op Sindoor, but one ...

Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier has officially refuted Pakistan Air Force's claim that it downed three Indian Rafale jets ...

Paris says Beijing amplified the narrative that Chinese-made fighter jets outperformed French Rafales in the short-lived ...

So India is certain to have lost at least one Rafale—a bruise to the ego, given that it first procured the Rafale in 2019 as a heavy investment meant to modernize the air force and gain parity ...

A French intelligence service says China has used its embassies to promote claims that Chinese-made Pakistani warplanes ...

China deployed its embassies to spread doubts about the performance of French-made Rafale jets after they saw combat in India and Pakistan's clashes in May, French military and intelligence officials ...

French intelligence reports that China used its embassies to discredit the Rafale fighter jet's performance after its ...

French officials say they have found that the Chinese embassies are trying to undermine Rafale sales by persuading countries that have already ordered the jets, notably Indonesia, not to buy them and ...