Bengaluru: India's first home-grown fighter jet was finally inducted into the IAF yesterday after a tortuous saga spread over 33 long years with the launch of the first squadron of two Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas here, in a major milestone in the country's military aviation.

A priest offers prayers during the induction of Tejas into the IAF fold at HAL (ASTE) in Bengaluru yesterday. Pic/PTI