‘Flying Bullets’ operationalised, IAF chief takes Tejas sortie
Indian Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria flew the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fighter on Wednesday with the 45 Squadron at Air Force Station Sulur near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. This will be the first major event for the IAF since the outbreak of COVID-19.
with this the Air Chief operationalised the 18 Squadron ‘Flying Bullets’ of the Indian Air Force.A The Squadron is equipped with LCA Tejas aircraft with full operational capability (FOC) and is the second IAF Squadron to fly LCA Tejas.
The 18 Squadron will also have 20 jets in FOC version with 16 fighters and 4 trainers.
