Aircraft Photo of LA-5017 | Hindustan LCA Tejas | India - Air Force | AirHistory.net #401780
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:LA-5017
Aircraft Original Type:Hindustan LCA Tejas
Aircraft Generic Type:Hindustan LCA Tejas
Aircraft Version:Hindustan LCA Tejas
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
Local Operator Name:भारतीय वायु सेना
Location
City / Airport:HindonMap
Country:India
Airport Codes:ICAO: VIDX   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Indian Air Force Day 2021
 
Photo Date:6 October 2021
Photo by:Arjun Sarup
Photo ID: 401780
Photo Comment

On static display on the 89th Air Force Day at Hindon AFS. In keeping with the theme of 'self-reliant and capable', this Final Operational Clearance (FOC) standard Tejas of No. 18 Sqn. "Flying Bullets" with an aerial refuelling probe comes loaded with 1200L droptanks, LGBs, R-73E missiles and a Litening III pod. Fg Offr Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon of No. 18 Sqn. "Flying Bullets" was awarded the IAF's only Param Vir Chakra posthumously, India's highest military award, after his defence of Srinagar in 1971.

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