by Air Chief Marshal VR Chowdhury said that the indigenous Tejas fighter jet has proved its capability in wave power exercises. Tejas competes with Eurofighter Typhoon and Rafale. The Air Force chief expressed pride in the performance of the Tejas and hoped that foreign air forces would also look to adopt it.
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First phase of wave energy practice in Sullur, Tamil Nadu
The Indian Air Force is organizing a multinational exercise for the first time
The Air Force of Germany, France, Spain, United Kingdom took part in the first phase.
NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chowdhury has said that the indigenous fighter jet Tejas has proved its mettle and shown that size does not matter. In exercise Wave Power, Tejas practiced air combat with the Eurofighter Typhoon of the UK, Spain and Germany, and the Rafale of France. Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi-30 and Mirage were also part of the exercise. Tejas is smaller than all these aircraft in terms of size.
Proud of Tejas’ performance
Air Chief Chowdhury said the Tejas is a small aircraft but in terms of capability it is not inferior to any aircraft participating in the exercise. He said that Tejas has proved its mettle. For the first time Tejas got the opportunity to practice with so many different aircraft.
Air Chief said we are proud of Tejas performance and I hope our counter parts (Air Force Chiefs of Germany, Spain and France) also think the same about Tejas performance and take 1 or 2 aircraft with them. want
The wave energy exercise has taught me many things
He said that the Tarang Shakti exercise is the largest multinational exercise conducted in India in six decades. We get to learn from each other, get on each other’s planes. Ground staff learned tarmac management and maintenance and all our objectives were met.
German Air Force Chief Lieutenant General Ingo Gerharts said that we all have different systems and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Everyone worked and learned together as a common force.
