BENGALURU:
Indian Air Force will raise the first squadron of
home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas with the induction of two
aircraft into the force in Bengaluru on Friday. State-run Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will hand over the first two Tejas aircraft to the
Air Force which will make up the 'Flying Daggers' 45, the name of the first
squadron of the LCA. The
LCA squadron induction ceremony will be held at the Aircraft System Testing
Establishment in the presence of Air Marshal Jasbir Walia, Air Officer
Commanding-in Chief, Southern Air Command, officials said. The aircraft
are likely to perform a sortie during the induction ceremony. The
squadron will be based in Bengaluru for the first two years before being moved
to Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, who on May 17 took
his maiden fight in Tejas, had termed the aircraft as good for
induction.
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