The Indian Air Force (IAF) formally inducted into service the very first Light Battle Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk-1 in Final Operational Clearance (FOC) standard on Wednesday, and operationalised its 2nd LCA squadron No.
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal (ACM) R.K.S. Bhadauria, received the very first FOC standard LCA from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in a function held at Air Force Station, Sulur near Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu. Apart from all the abilities of IOC airplane, the FOC alternative in addition comes with air to air refuelling ability, close battle weapon, extra drop tanks, Beyond Visual Variety (BVR) rocket ability, upgraded avionics and flight control software suite,” HAL Chairman R. Madhavan stated in a declaration.
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (left) turning over a representational secret of the first LCA Tejas Mk-1 fighter to Group Captain Manish Tolani, Commander of No. 18 Squadron at Flying Force Station, Sulur
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A ‘Sarva Dharma Pooja’ (inter-faith prayer) was carried out before the induction of the new fighter into the force. Prior to the event, ACM Bhadauria flew a s