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Haryana: As President Droupadi Murmu became the first President of India to fly on a Rafale fighter jet on Wednesday, she was accompanied by Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, who flew in a separate aircraft from the same fleet. The Air Chief Marshal is a qualified flying instructor and an experimental test pilot with more than 5,000 hours of service flying on a variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft.

Indian Air Force's No.17 Squadron “Golden Arrows”, which played a crucial role in the 1999 Kargil War, took part in the President's sortie at the Air Force Station in Haryana's Ambala. The squadron, operating MiG-21 Type 96 aircraft, actively participated in Wednesday's operations, undertaking several re

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