New Delhi, March 21The Indian Air Force is conducting a probe into reasons behind a bomb fired by Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) “Tejas” failing to hit its target during the exercise “Iron Fist 2016” at Pokhran, Rajasthan, on March 18. The LCA, that is nearing final operational clearance, also fired a missile, the ‘R73E’, which hit its target.A senior IAF functionary gave a clean chit to the LCA, its firing mechanisms and also its pilots, saying a laser-guided bomb (LGB) missed the target. “The miss is a not a big thing. It is a very ordinary occurrence which can be corrected,” the functionary said. Three separate IAF fighter jets had fired the laser-guided bombs and the one of the LCA failed. — TNS