Jodhpur: The US Air Force Chief, General David L Goldfein, flew a sortie in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas on Saturday at the IAF station here in Rajasthan.
He was accompanied on the 40-minute-long sortie by Air Vice Marshal AP Singh
Gen Goldfein, along with General Terrence O’Shaughnessy, Commander of the US Pacific Air Force, arrived in India on Thursday, on a visit to boost defence ties between the two nations.
He was accorded a Guard of Honour at the South Block on Thursday. He also met his counterpart, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, and held bilateral discussions.
The US Air Force chief is the first foreign military chief to fly in the indigenous LCA, a single-seat, single-jet engine, multi-role light fighter, which is being pitched as the replacement of the ageing MIG-21 aircraft.
03/02/18 Indileak
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He was accompanied on the 40-minute-long sortie by Air Vice Marshal AP Singh
Gen Goldfein, along with General Terrence O’Shaughnessy, Commander of the US Pacific Air Force, arrived in India on Thursday, on a visit to boost defence ties between the two nations.
He was accorded a Guard of Honour at the South Block on Thursday. He also met his counterpart, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, and held bilateral discussions.
The US Air Force chief is the first foreign military chief to fly in the indigenous LCA, a single-seat, single-jet engine, multi-role light fighter, which is being pitched as the replacement of the ageing MIG-21 aircraft.
03/02/18 Indileak
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