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US Air Force Chief Flies Made-In-India Tejas Aircraft
An Indian Air Force ‘Tejas’ fighter jet performs during the Air Force Day parade at Air Force Station Hindon in Ghaziabad. (MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty Images)
The Chief of Staff of the United States (US) Air Force, General David L Goldfein, on Saturday (3 February) flew the “Made in India” light combat aircraft Tejas at Air Force Station in Jodhpur, the Indian Express reported.
Shortly after he boarded the aircraft, the Indian Air Force (IAF) tweeted on his sortie:
Goldfein is the first foreign military chief to fly the Tejas aircraft. The US Air Force General, who was accompanied by General Terrence O’Shaughnessy, Commander of the US Pacific Air Force, is on an official visit to India. The US officials arrived on 1 February and held talks with Indian Air Force chief B S Dhanoa.
Overwhelmed with the warm welcome and acknowledging the fact that IAF operates the second-largest C-17 fleet, General Goldfein in a tweet said he was proud of the US helping India in strengthening its air mobility capabilities provided by Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport and Lockheed C-130J four-engine turbo prop military transport aircraft.
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