IAF Day Parade as we speak: Flypast to commemorate Indian victory over Pakistan in 1971 war
The Indian Air Force will have fun its 89th anniversary as we speak as a part of the IAF Day parade, that may embrace formations with name indicators associated to the locations and folks concerned in the 1971 war in which India defeated Pakistan and led to the creation of Bangladesh. “The famous Tangail airdrop operation would be depicted with three paratroopers including one from the Army jumping from a vintage Dakota transport aircraft,” IAF officers stated.
The Vinaash formation flying in the parade would showcase the victory in Longewala operations with six Hawk plane. Originally, the Hunter plane had decimated Pakistani armoured formations which had come to assault Indian bases in the desert with an goal to strike deep inside Indian territory.
Honouring its solely Param Vir Chakra awardee Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon, Sekhon formation would see one every Rafale, LCA Tejas, Jaguar, MiG-29 and Mirage 2000 fighter flying over the parade collectively. Meghna formation associated to the well-known Heli-bridging operations by the IAF to transport Army troops throughout the river Meghna would come with Mi-17 and Chinook choppers with a howitzer underslung.Â
The costume rehearsal for as we speak’s parade had taken place on Thursday. The IAF Day Parade can be stay telecast at 08:00AM as we speak.Â
Meanwhile, the Indian Air Force on Thursday stated it is going to make sure that transportation of the Covishield vaccine isn’t be disrupted throughout a deliberate 14-day closure of the Pune International Airport’s runway.
The airport will stay closed from October 16 to 29 because the IAF can be enterprise runway resurfacing work, the airport authorities knowledgeable on Tuesday. The aerodrome is a part of the Air Force’s Lohegaon base.
