{"id":1411596,"date":"2026-06-01T09:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/indonesias-first-rafale-pilots-are-training-in-france-right-now\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:40:38","slug":"indonesias-first-rafale-pilots-are-training-in-france-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/indonesias-first-rafale-pilots-are-training-in-france-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia&#8217;s First Rafale Pilots Are Training in France Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\n<p>Somewhere at a Dassault Aviation facility in southern France, Indonesian Air Force pilots are learning to fly one of Europe&#8217;s most capable fighters. The training has been underway since 2025, and a second phase of domestic instruction is now running in parallel back in Indonesia. When it is done, Indonesia will become the first Southeast Asian nation to operate the Rafale \u2014 and Dassault will have added another flag to a growing list of export customers that includes India, Egypt, Qatar, Greece, the UAE, and Croatia.<\/p>\n\n<p>The deal, signed in 2022 and valued at approximately \u20ac8.1 billion for 42 aircraft, represents Indonesia&#8217;s most ambitious fighter procurement in decades. The country&#8217;s existing fleet \u2014 ageing F-16A\/B Block 15s and Russian Su-27\/30 variants \u2014 is showing its years. The Rafale replaces them with a jet that can do everything: air superiority, precision strike, maritime attack, nuclear delivery, and reconnaissance, all from a single airframe with a single crew type.<\/p>\n\n<p>For Dassault, Indonesia is more than a sale. It is a foothold in the Indo-Pacific arms market that could unlock further deals across ASEAN. For Indonesia, the Rafale is a statement: Jakarta is a serious military power with serious equipment, and it no longer depends on Moscow for its frontline fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f4f4f4;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:18px 0 28px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#333;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\">\n<li style=\"margin:4px 0;color:#444\"><strong>Deal:<\/strong> 42 Dassault Rafale fighters for Indonesia, ~\u20ac8.1 billion<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:4px 0;color:#444\"><strong>Training:<\/strong> Indonesian AF pilots training in France since 2025; domestic phase underway<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:4px 0;color:#444\"><strong>Significance:<\/strong> First Southeast Asian Rafale operator<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:4px 0;color:#444\"><strong>Replaces:<\/strong> Ageing F-16A\/B Block 15s and Russian Su-27SK\/Su-30MK2 fleet<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:4px 0;color:#444\"><strong>Other Rafale operators:<\/strong> France, India, Egypt, Qatar, Greece, UAE, Croatia<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:4px 0;color:#444\"><strong>Deliveries expected:<\/strong> First aircraft to arrive in Indonesia by 2027-2028<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">From Flankers to Rafales<\/h2>\n\n<p>Indonesia&#8217;s fighter fleet tells the story of post-Cold War non-alignment. Jakarta bought American F-16s in the 1980s, then turned to Russia for Su-27SKs and Su-30MK2s when Washington imposed human-rights-related arms embargoes in the late 1990s. The result is a maintenance nightmare \u2014 two entirely different supply chains, two sets of spare parts, two pilot training pipelines, and two sets of weapons that cannot be shared between platforms.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Rafale solves this by replacing both legacy types with a single Western platform. The transition away from Russian equipment is particularly significant. Spare parts for the Sukhois have become increasingly difficult to source since 2022, and Indonesia has no interest in the geopolitical complications that come with depending on Moscow for military hardware during a European war.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=2092682968  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/indonesian-air-force-tni-au.png\" alt=\"Indonesian Air Force aircraft\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) is transitioning from a mixed American-Russian fleet to a Rafale-centred force. Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Dassault&#8217;s Export Machine<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Rafale spent its first two decades as a commercial disappointment \u2014 technically brilliant, diplomatically cursed, unable to win a single export order until India broke the drought in 2016. Since then, the export list has exploded. Egypt, Qatar, Greece, Croatia, the UAE, and now Indonesia. Serbia may follow. Saudi Arabia is evaluating.<\/p>\n\n<p>What changed was partly price (Dassault became more competitive), partly geopolitics (European states wanted alternatives to the F-35), and partly performance. The Rafale&#8217;s combat debut in Libya, Mali, Iraq, and Syria demonstrated that the jet could do what Dassault promised. India&#8217;s deployment of Rafales along the Chinese border, and their reported performance in the 2025 India-Pakistan skirmish, added combat credibility that no brochure can match.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The Rafale is an omni-role fighter. It can do every mission with the same aircraft, the same crew, the same training. That is what makes it unique in the export market.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Dassault Aviation<\/strong> &mdash; company statement on the Indonesian contract<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Indo-Pacific Stakes<\/h2>\n\n<p>Indonesia&#8217;s Rafale acquisition does not happen in a vacuum. The South China Sea remains one of the world&#8217;s most contested waterways, and Indonesia&#8217;s Natuna Islands sit directly on the edge of China&#8217;s Nine-Dash Line claim. A Rafale armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles or SCALP cruise missiles gives Jakarta a long-range maritime strike capability it has never had before.<\/p>\n\n<p>The training in France is the first step. The pilots learning the aircraft now will become the instructors who build an entire Rafale squadron culture from scratch. By the time the first jets arrive in Indonesia, these pilots will have hundreds of hours on type \u2014 and Dassault will have proven, once again, that the Rafale&#8217;s second act is far more successful than its first.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#777;margin-top:28px\">Sources: Saab\/Dassault press releases, Defense News, Air &#038; Space Forces Magazine, Indonesian Ministry of Defence<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhere at a Dassault Aviation facility in southern France, Indonesian Air Force pilots are learning to fly one of Europe&#8217;s most capable fighters. The training has been underway since 2025, and a second phase of domestic instruction is now running in parallel back in Indonesia. 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