NEW DELHI (PTI): The indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has undertaken 2,400 sorties to meet the requirements of the Indian Air Force (IAF), which is set to induct the aircraft on December 20.
"The LCA has clocked over 2400 flights till now with highest ever number of sorties achieved in the current year.
The programme has achieved highest ever average number of flights per aircraft per month during this year," HAL officials said here.
The aircraft is set to be inducted into the IAF next week three decades after the programme was sanctioned by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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