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Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to the skies in the homegrown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas in Bengaluru on November 25.
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He was seen wearing in an olive green fighter pilot G-suit.
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PM Modi said, the experience has bolstered his confidence in the country's indigenous capabilities.
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It was for the first time that an Indian prime minister undertook a fighter aircraft sortie, according to the Indian Air Force (IAF).
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The sortie was carried out from the Aircraft Systems Testing Establishment, an IAF statement said, adding that during the 30-minute sortie over the skies of Bengaluru the capabilities of Tejas were demonstrated to the prime minister.
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PM Modi with Chief of the Air Staff VR Chaudhari after taking a sortie aboard the Tejas aircraft at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) site, in Bengaluru.
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