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Indigenous Tejas fighter jets put on air show as second squadron gets inducted into Indian Air Force

The aircraft inducted into the No.18 Squadron ‘Flying Bullets’, the only Param Vir Chakra Squadron of the IAF, was manufactured at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bengaluru.
Final Operation Clearences for Tejas during the induction ceremony at Sulur air base at the outskirts of Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
Final Operation Clearences for Tejas during the induction ceremony at Sulur air base at the outskirts of Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
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LCA Tejas aircraft receiving water salute during an event held at Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore on Wednesday. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
LCA Tejas aircraft receiving water salute during an event held at Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore on Wednesday. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
Final Operation Clearances during the induction ceremony at Sulur air base at the outskirts of Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
Final Operation Clearances during the induction ceremony at Sulur air base at the outskirts of Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
Airshow during the induction of LCA Tejas MK 1 FOC at Sulur Air base. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
Airshow during the induction of LCA Tejas MK 1 FOC at Sulur Air base. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
LCA Tejas aircrafts flying as part of air show event held on the sidelines of induction ceremony of LCA Tejas Mk-1 FOC Aircraft at Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
LCA Tejas aircrafts flying as part of air show event held on the sidelines of induction ceremony of LCA Tejas Mk-1 FOC Aircraft at Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
LCA Tejas aircrafts flying as part of air show event held on the sidelines of induction ceremony. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
LCA Tejas aircrafts flying as part of air show event held on the sidelines of induction ceremony. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
LCA Tejas aircrafts flying as part of air show event held on the sidelines of induction ceremony. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
LCA Tejas aircrafts flying as part of air show event held on the sidelines of induction ceremony. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
The Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria getting down after flying the LCA Tejas MK-1 Initial Operational Clearance IOC fighter aircraft with No.45 Squadron Flying Daggers at Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
The Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria getting down after flying the LCA Tejas MK-1 Initial Operational Clearance IOC fighter aircraft with No.45 Squadron Flying Daggers at Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal ACM RKS Bhadauria having over the key of LCA Tejas Mk-1 FOC Aircraft to No.18 Squadron at Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal ACM RKS Bhadauria having over the key of LCA Tejas Mk-1 FOC Aircraft to No.18 Squadron at Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore. (Photo | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
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