Light Combat Helicopter: The helicopters will be inducted into the IAF inventory at a ceremony in Jodhpur in presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday inducted the first fleet of indigenously-built Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), which has been developed primarily for mountain warfare after a requirement for it was felt during the Kargil war in 1999. IAF Inducts Made In India Light Combat Helicopters; Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Calls It Momentous Occasion (Video).
India witnessed the induction of the first made-in-India light combat helicopter' Prachand' on Monday in the Air Force with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in attendance.