IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari received the first LCA Tejas twin-seater trainer aircraft from HAL CMD CB Ananthakrishnan in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit regions of Indora and Fatehpur in the Kangra district.
MiG-21 has been part of IAF since the early 1960s. A total of 700 fighter jets were procured during that period to boost the over-combat capabilities of the Air Force.