Question: Recently the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) “Tejas” inducted into No. 45 Squadron of Indian Air Force (IAF) which is also called as-
(a) Flying Daggers
(b) Indian Warriors
(c) Indian flying Daggers
(d) Sky Daggers
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 1 July 2016 the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) “Tejas” inducted into No. 45 Squadron of Indian Air Force (IAF).
- It should be known that No. 45 Squadron is also called as the “Flying Daggers”.
- The squadron is equipped with MiG 21 Bis Aircraft and operated from Nalia.
- It’s motto is “Ajeet Nabha”.
- Tejas will replace MiG-21 and MiG-27.
- The Squadron will operate from Bangalore for nearly two years before it moves to its designated location at Sulur near Coimbatore.
- 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.
- “Tejas” has been designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
- Tejas is the first advance Fly-by-wire (FBW) fighter aircraft designed, developed and manufactured in India.
- Tejas is a 4th Plus generation aircraft with a glass cockpit and is equipped with state of the art Satellite aided Inertial Navigation System.
- It has a digital computer based attack system and an autopilot.
- It can fire Air to Air Missiles, Bombs as well as Precision Guided Munitions.
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