IAF to launch its squadron Number-18 - Flying Bullets
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26th May, 2020
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- The Indian Air Force is set to operationalize its squadron called the Number-18 - Flying Bullets with a fleet of the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas at its Sulur base near Coimbatore. It will be launched by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal R K S.
- It will be the second Indian Air Force squadron to operate with the modern multi-role light fighter aircraft.
- A release from the Defence Ministry says the 18 Squadron was formed in 1965 and has the distinction of being the first to land and operate from Srinagar.
- It has also produced a Param Veer Chakra awardee during the 1971 war with Pakistan. It has been revived on the 1st April this year at the Sulur base.
- The LCA Tejas is a tailless, fourth generation, compound delta-wing aircraft developed by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. It is equipped with fly-by-wire flight control system, integrated digital avionics and multi-mode radar.
- Its structure is made of composite material. The supersonic combat aircraft is considered the lightest and the smallest of its kind.
