Tejas fighter jet gets operational clearance

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Nearly three decades after it was conceptualised, the country's first indigenous combat jet Monday received its initial operational clearance, with the Indian Air Force (IAF) saying it would form its first squadron of the fighter in 2013.

Text: IANS

Image: A Tejas fighter jet takes off during the Initial Operational Clearance at Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd airport in Bangalore on Monday, Jan 10, 2011. (Photograph copyright IANS)