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Tejas: MS Dhoni congratulates IAF

Tejas: MS Dhoni congratulates IAF

| | 01 Jul 2016, 04:05 pm
New Delhi, July 1 (IBNS): Indian limited overs cricket team skipper MS Dhoni on Friday wished the Indian Air Force (IAF) after Light Combat Aircraft Tejas was inducted into No. 45 Squadron of the force.

"Cngrts to IAF on their latest warbirds and every1 who were part of the project indeed a very proud moment for INDIA," Dhoni tweeted.

Creating history, the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas inducted into No. 45 Squadron of IAF on Friday.

" No. 45 Squadron, also called the "Flying Daggers", was last equipped with MiG 21 Bis Aircraft and operated from Nalia.  It's motto is "Ajeet  Nabha".  The Squadron will operate from Bangalore for nearly two years before it moves to its designated location at Sulur near Coimbatore, read a government statement.

 It is the first fighter Squadron to be a part of the Southern Air Command of IAF headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram.

Group Captain Madhav Rangachari, an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, is the Commanding Officer of Flying Daggers.  

He flew the inaugural flight of LCA in 45 Squadron today.  Apart from operational experience on Mirage-2000 and MiG 21, he also has considerable experience on flight testing of LCA prototypes.

Tejas is the first advance Fly-by-wire (FBW) fighter aircraft designed, developed and manufactured in India.  Conceived as a MiG-21 replacement, the aircraft has been designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). 

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