NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu took a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet on the Indian Air Power Station in Ambala, Haryana, on Thursday. Chief of Air Workers (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh was additionally on the Air Power Station.President Murmu was formally given a guard of honor previous to her Rafale sortie.
Rafale jets, manufactured by French aerospace firm Dassault Aviation and formally inducted into the Indian Air Power in September 2020 at Ambala, performed a key position in Operation Sindoor,This was President Murmu’s second flight in a fight plane, following her 2023 sortie in a Sukhoi-30 MKI at Tezpur Air Power Station in Assam. Operation Sindoor was launched on Could 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault, the operation focused terror infrastructure in Pakistan-controlled territories and led to 4 days of intense clashes, concluding with an settlement to halt army actions on Could 10, on the request of the Pakistani DGMO.The Rashtrapati Bhavan had confirmed the event on Tuesday, describing it as a part of the President’s engagement with India’s protection forces.“The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, will go to Ambala, Haryana tomorrow the place she is going to take a sortie in Rafale,” an announcement issued on Tuesday by the Rashtrapati Bhavan mentioned.Former Presidents APJ Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil had beforehand flown sorties in Sukhoi-30 MKI plane at Lohegaon Air Power Station in 2006 and 2009, respectively.It is a growing story. Particulars to observe…