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COURTESY CALL: Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi calling on the Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, at his residence in Bangalore on Thursday. — Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash
BANGALORE: The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, said on Thursday that there is no pressure from the United States to buy the F-16 fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force. "There is no pressure from anyone. We will buy any aircraft we need. After all, we are paying for them," he told mediapersons after calling on Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh here. Asked about inducting the HAL-designed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) into the IAF, he said: "We are indenting for 20 LCAs and there is no doubt about it. I am happy with the performance of the LCA and glad we are advancing technologically to produce one of the better fighters; I wish the LCA development was faster." On buying 126 fighter jets for the IAF, Air Chief Marshal Tyagi said: "We have offers from four manufacturers. From Russia for MiG 29s, from France for the Mirage and from Sweden for the Grippen and from the U.S. for the F-16s. Since the U.S. Government has already cleared U.S. aircraft companies, others in that country too can enter the competition." On the "close arrest" of Flying Officer Anjali Gupta, he said: "I cannot comment on any complaints voiced by her family. She has been under close arrest because she exhibited suicidal tendencies and to protect her from doing harm to herself."
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