‘Easily the best aircraft I’ve flown,’ says pilot on Tejas

“It is comparable and on par with any fourth generation fighter aircraft you have in world today,” he added.

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The dream of the Indian Air Force to have a squadron of the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft was realised on Friday after years of delay when two Tejas LCA were inducted into the IAF at a ceremony in Bengaluru on Friday.

The aircraft is the lightest multi-role supersonic aircraft of its class, equipped to handle surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles and anti-ship missiles.

The IAF has said that the aircraft will feature quite prominently in the force’s combat plan in 2017 and it might be deployed in forward bases as well. There are also plans to acquire over 80 aircraft with better specifications, known as Tejas 1A in the future.

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)