Rank 88 in the Aviation Heroes collection, this print treats the HAL Tejas Mk1 as the indigenous milestone it earned on 1 July 2016 — when No. 45 Squadron Flying Daggers became the first unit worldwide to induct the Light Combat Aircraft into operational service. Resurrected at Bangalore and relocated to Air Force Station Sulur in July 2018, the Flying Daggers carry a squadron lineage that stretches from Vampire strikes in 1965 through Gnat and MiG-21 Bis eras to today's compact delta-wing fighter. Here the Tejas sits in clean technical profile: Derby-class missiles on the wings, drop tanks flanking the fuselage, IAF roundels on the grey skin, and LA-5020 on the tail — the smallest 4.5-generation fighter in service, designed by ADA and built by HAL as India's MiG-21 replacement.