Ambala: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday took a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet, which played a crucial role in ‘Operation Sindoor’ launched by India in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, at the Ambala Air Force Station in Haryana, her second flight in an Indian Air Force (IAF) combat aircraft.

Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh was among others present at the Air Force Station. Before taking the sortie, President Murmu inspected the guard of honour at the air base.

The President waved as she took off for the sortie. Dressed up in a Indian Air Force pilot’s uniform and carrying a helmet ahead of the sortie, her flight marks a symbolic show of confidence in the Indian Air Force’s operational readiness and growing air power capabilities.

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