The event, one of Asia’s largest aerospace exhibitions, began Monday with a display of advanced military aircraft, including India’s Tejas, Rafale, and Jaguar fighters. Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh led the first sortie,

The Aero India 2025, which concludes today, witnessed a face-off between the US’ F-35 fighter jet and Russia’s SU-57. While the SU-57 took to the skies on Thursday, the F-35 remained on static display.

At 3.30 pm on Monday, the skies over Bengaluru thundered as the Russian Sukhoi-57 fighter jet roared into action, performing high-intensity aerial manoeuvres over the Yelahanka air base. The pilot pushed the 18-tonne-plus machine to its limits in a stunning display of ‘display flying’.

BENGALURU, India - Russia has offered to make its fifth-generation stealth fighter jet Sukhoi Su-57 in India for the Indian Air Force, a Russian and an Indian official said on Tuesday, as Moscow looks to boost defence ties with New Delhi.

Russian fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-57E has landed in Bengaluru ahead of Aero India 2025, marking the debut of the Russian combat jet at the event. The fifteenth edition of Asia’s largest aerospace exhibition,

Russian officials and aviation experts routinely suggest the Sukhoi Su-57 is a superior aircraft to the U.S.-made Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.