In pictures | Indian Air Force welcomes fighter jet Tejas

The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has been inducted into the No. 45  ‘Flying Daggers’ Squadron of  the IAF. Image credit: Press Information Bureau

This is the first fighter squadron to be part of the Southern Air Command of IAF, which is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram. It will operate from Bengaluru for nearly two years before it moves to its designated location at Sulur near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. Image credit: Press Information Bureau

LCA Tejas is the first advance Fly-by-wire (FBW) fighter aircraft designed, developed and manufactured in India. Image credit: Press Information Bureau

The inaugural flight of the LCA was flown by Group Captain Madhav Rangachari, Commanding Officer of Flying Daggers, an alumnus of the National Defence Academy.  Image credit: Press Information Bureau

Tejas is a 4th plus generation aircraft with a glass cockpit and is equipped with a satellite aided inertial navigation system. It has a digital computer based attack system and an autopilot.  It can fire air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles as well as precision guided weapons. Image credit: Press Information Bureau

The LCA has flown more than 3000 sorties (2000 hours) till date without any accident. Image Credit: tejas.gov.in