India’s 1st self-made fighter jet, LCA Tejas, formally joins Air Force

Bengaluru: India’s first self-made fighter jet Light Combat Aircraft Tejas or LCA Tejas is finally ready to be used in operations by the Indian Air Force.

LCA Tejas received the final operational clearance for induction into the IAF as a fully-weaponised fighter jet.

At a special ceremony at the Aero India 2019 – India’s biennial air show in Bengaluru- the country’s military aviation regulator handed over the final operational clearance certificate and other release-to-service documents to Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa.