And how many flights since 2002 in total? Zero?
First flight 4 January 2001
Number built 33
On 25 April 2007, the first Limited Series Production (LSP-1) Tejas performed its maiden flight, achieving a speed of Mach 1.1 (1,347.5 km/h; 837.3 mph). The Tejas completed 1,000 test flights and over 530 hours of flight testing by 22 January 2009. In 2009, a Tejas achieved a speed of over 1,350 kilometres per hour (840 mph) during sea level flight trials at INS Hansa,
Goa.
On 16 June 2008 LSP-2 made its first flight followed by the first flight of the trainer variant in November 2009. On 23 April 2010, LSP-3 flew with a hybrid version of the
Elta EL/M-2032 multi-mode radar; in June 2010, LSP-4 made its maiden flight in an IAF Initial Operating Clearance (IOC) configuration. By June 2010, the Tejas had completed the second phase of hot weather trials in an IOC configuration with the weapons system and sensors integrated. Sea trials were also carried out. LSP-5 with IOC standard equipment started flight trials on 19 November 2010.
On 27 June 2012, three Tejas (LSP 2, 3 and 5) aircraft completed bombing runs in the desert of Rajasthan, using precision laser-guided 1,000 lb bombs and unguided bombs. The Tejas had completed
1,941 flights by July 2012.
LSP 8 had a successful maiden test flight on 31 March 2013, and the programme had completed 2,418 test flights by 27 November 2013. On 8 November 2014, PV-6 (KH-T2010), a trainer variant, completed its first test flight.
Since 2014, #45 squadron has been created and operational. Now even 18 squadron is operational.
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