BENGALURU: Fighter jets, bombers, transport and reconnaissance aircraft from the US are set to dominate Bengaluru skies during the biennial five-day military and civil aerospace exposition Aero India 2019 starting in Bengaluru from February 20. Nearly 60 aircraft, including the much-talked-about French Rafale fighter jets, IAF’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, Su-30 MKI, Jaguar, Mirage-2000 I/TI, MiG 21 and others will be there on flying and static display during the show at Air Force Station Yelahanka.
The large contingent from the US Air Force that will make its presence felt at Aero India 2019 consists of B-52 Stratofortress bomber, F-16 Fighting Falcons, C-17 Globemaster IIIs, F/A-18 Super Hornet and a P-8 Poseidon.
The US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA)-27 Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, a C-17 Globemaster III demonstration team assigned to the 535th Airlift Squadron from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,
