The IAF is going full steam ahead with preparations to eventually induct the 36 Rafale fighters, with a top officer himself “testing” the jet with “India-specific enhancements” in France. NewsX has accessed the first ever visuals of the Rafale jets. IAF deputy chief Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar flew the Rafale, a 17-year-old aircraft that is being used as a “testbed. For the 14 India-specific upgrades that IAF has asked for. Nambiar made an 80-minute sortie at the Istres air base in France.