IAF Chief Takes Maiden Ride on Homegrown Tejas
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha today took his maiden flight in India’s home grown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas.
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Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha getting down from Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas) after a sortie at HAL Bengaluru on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)
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IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha today took his maiden flight in India’s home grown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, calling it “good” for induction.
An ace pilot himself, Raha is the first Chief of Air Staff to fly the indigenously designed and produced Tejas in about a 30-minute sortie over Bengaluru skies around the HAL airport here. Group Captain M Rangachari was with him in the twin-seater trainer aircraft.
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