Air display to mark IAF Day

New Delhi, October 6

The IAF on Wednesday conducted a full dress rehearsal for air display at the Hindon air base. The actual air display will be conducted on October 8 to commemorate the Air Force Day.

The fly-past will include heritage aircraft, modern transport aircraft and frontline fighter aircraft. Almost 50 planes and helicopters will be part of the display.

The air display will commence with flag-bearing skydivers of the “Akash Ganga” team dropping out of AN-32 aircraft in their colourful canopies. The newly inducted Rafale fighter jets will be the attraction of the fly-past, besides other jets like the Sukhoi30 MKI and the MiG 29 will participate in the event. — TNS