First LCA Mark 1A fighter squadron to be deployed at Rajasthan air base near Pakistan front

The Indian Air Force is mulling raising the first squadron of the indigenous LCA Mark1A fighter aircraft squadron at the Nal air base in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district near the Pakistan front. "The first squadron of the LCA Mark1A fighters is planned to be based out of the Nal air base in Rajasthan and would be inducted in one of the two MiG-21 Bison squadrons deployed presently there," defence sources said. As per the plans, defence sources said that the 10 squadrons of the LCA Mark 1 and Mark 1A, 12-13 squadrons of the LCA Mark-2 and the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft with the 13 squadrons of the Russian origin Su-30MKI will make up for the bulk of the Indian Air Force by the end of next decade. The Indian indigenous fighter aircraft project received a strong boost when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a sortie in the LCA trainer aircraft which was provided to the Indian Air Force only in early October this year.