Jodhpur Feb 3 (IANS) The Chief of US Air Force General David L. Goldfein flew a sortie in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas on Saturday at the IAF station in Jodhpur.
Goldfein arrived in India on Thursday on a visit to boost defence ties between the two nations.
In November last year the Defence Minister of Singapore Ng Eng Hen was flown in a Tejas fighter jet.
The indigenous LCA is a single-seat single-jet engine multirole light fighter.
Indigenously developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency and produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Tejas as a fourth generation aircraft can fly at 1 350 km per hour with a payload capacity of 4 000 kg.
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