PM Modi takes sortie on Tejas fighter jet in Bengaluru

On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a flight aboard the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas. This aerial journey took place during the Prime Minister's visit to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) site in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

During his visit, he conducted a comprehensive review of HAL’s manufacturing facility, encompassing the production of Tejas jets. According to the sources, the Prime Minister took the flight for nearly 45 minutes in the light combat IAF aircraft.

PM Modi shared the pictures of his flight and said that the experience of sortie in homegrown aircraft significantly bolstered his confidence in the country's indigenous capabilities.

Successfully completed a sortie on the Tejas. The experience was incredibly enriching, significantly bolstering my confidence in our country's indigenous capabilities, and leaving me with a renewed sense of pride and optimism about our national potential, the Prime Minister posted on X.
 

मैं आज तेजस में उड़ान भरते हुए अत्यंत गर्व के साथ कह सकता हूं कि हमारी मेहनत और लगन के कारण हम आत्मनिर्भरता के क्षेत्र में विश्व में किसी से कम नहीं हैं। भारतीय वायुसेना, DRDO और HAL के साथ ही समस्त भारतवासियों को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। pic.twitter.com/xWJc2QVlWV

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 25, 2023