Rajnath Singh to fly Indian Air Force LCA Tejas in Bengaluru
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New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Sep 17, 2019, 04:08 PM IST
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Rajnath will fly the twin-seat version of the Tejas combat aircraft at Tamil Nadu's Sulur Air Force Station.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will fly Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas', an indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft in Bengaluru on Thursday.
He will fly the twin-seat version of the Tejas combat aircraft at Tamil Nadu's Sulur Air Force Station.
The Tejas is an Indian single-engine, delta wing, multirole light fighter designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.
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It came from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, which began in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters. In 2003, the LCA was officially named "Tejas".