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In 2019, Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman (then a Wing Commander) of the No 51 squadron based in Srinagar, while flying a MiG-21 Bison, had downed a Pakistan Air Force F-16 aircraft.
new delhi, the indian air force is in the process of finalising a rs 1.15 lakh crore deal to procure an additional batch of 97 tejas mark-1a aircraft besides upgrading 84 sukhoi-30mki jets at a cost of rs 60,000
As the eastern Ladakh border row lingered on, Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari on Tuesday said that the IAF's operational plans are very dynamic and it will deal with challenges along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with better tactics, training and deployment of indigenously-built military hardware like mountain radars, long-range missiles and upgraded combat planes.
Tejas is a single-engine multi-role fighter aircraft capable of operating in high-threat air environments. It has been designed to undertake the air defence, maritime reconnaissance and strike roles.
The Indian Air Force is in the process of finalising a Rs 1.15 lakh crore deal to procure an additional batch of 97 Tejas Mark-1A aircraft besides upgrading 84 Sukhoi-30MKI jets at a cost of Rs 60,000 crore.