'Your people don't even let us go near the aircraft, and you talk about selling it to us': AP Singh

JODHPUR: The US has made no formal offer to sell its F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter to India, Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said on Saturday, while the government is yet to decide whether the Indian Air Force (IAF) should evaluate Russia’s rival Su-57.Six US Air Force F-35As, accompanied by more than 200 personnel, concluded their participation in the multinational Exercise Tarang Shakti-2026 in Jodhpur on Saturday, the stealth fighter’s first appearance in a military exercise on Indian soil.At the concluding press conference of Tarang Shakti, Singh, seated alongside US Pacific Air Forces commander Gen Kevin Schneider, quipped, “Your people don’t even let us go near the aircraft, and you are talking about selling it to us.” The F-35 was previously showcased at Aero India in Bengaluru in February last year.