NEW DELHI: IAF chief RKS Bhadauria on Wednesday operationalised a new squadron armed with the indigenous fighter aircraft Tejas.
Here is all you need to know about IAF’s new squadron —
- The No. 18 Squadron is known as ‘
Flying Bullets ‘. - The Squadron is armed with newly-inducted, indigenous fighter aircraft
LCA Tejas in fully operational capability (FOC). - This is the second IAF squadron to be equipped with the Tejas fighter jets.
- The Squadron is based at Sulur airbase near Coimbatore.
- This makes Sulur the only airbase in the country to operate two squadrons of Tejas.
- No. 45 squadron ‘Flying Daggers’ at the station wa