IAF personnel perform a drill during a ceremony for the presentation of President's Colours to Air Force Station, Hakimpet & 5 Base Repair Depot at AF Station, Sulur in Tamil Nadu....
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Transport aircraft C-130 Hercules lands on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during an IAF drill near Bangarmau in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh.
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A Sukhoi 30 MKI aircraft prepares to touch down on Lucknow-Agra Expressway during a drill conducted by Indian Air Force near Bangarmau in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh.
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Spectators watch an Indian Air Force transport aircraft, a C-130J Hercules, lands on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao.
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Indian Air Force commandoes take position after alighting from a Hercules C-130 J on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao.
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An Indian Air Force fighter jet participates in a special exercise on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao.
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An Indian Air Force fighter jet participates in a special exercise on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao. More than a dozen IAF aircrafts performed touch and go landings as part of ...
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A Mirage 2000 aircraft touches down on Lucknow-Agra Expressway during a drill conducted by Indian Air Force near Bangarmau in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh.
PTI Photo by Nand Kumar
A man waves the national flag as an Indian Air Force fighter jet participates in a special exercise on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao.
AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
A C-130J Hercules, an Indian Air Force transport aircraft, lands on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao.
AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
An Indian Air Force fighter jet practice lands on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao. More than a dozen IAF aircrafts performed touch and go landings as part of a preparedness exerc...
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Indian Air Force Sukhoi aircraft fly over the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during an IAF drill in Bangarmau, in Unnao district.
PTI Photo by Nand Kumar
Personnel display skills next to an Indian Air Force Hercules C-130J aircraft that landed on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway, during an IAF drill in Bangarmau, in Unnao district.
PTI Photo by Nand Kumar
An Indian Air Force transport aircraft, a C-130J Hercules lands on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during an IAF drill in Bangarmau, in Unnao district.
PTI Photo by Nand Kumar
An Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet lands on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during an IAF drill in Bangarmau, in Unnao.
Dhanoa flew a sortie with Abhinandan in a twin-seater MiG-21 trainer aircraft at the Pathankot Air Base on Monday. He is set to retire from the IAF later this year following nearly four decades in service.
The pre-dawn covert operation of February 26 was to avenge a suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on February 14 which killed 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and which was claimed by the Pakistan-based JeM.
The crew members of the cargo aircraft, which entered Indian airspace at 3:15 PM, were questioned at Jaipur, they said, adding the investigation lasted several hours and the plane was being allowed to leave.
The aircraft was on a routine mission and crashed after getting airborne from the Nal airbase near Bikaner. The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely, a Defence ministry spokesperson said
Varthaman's first question on landing was whether he was in India, the eyewitness said, disclosing that the pilot was pelted with stones and also shot in the leg while fleeing.