Indian President flies in fighter jet

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Indian President Droupadi Murmu today took her maiden fighter jet flight. She was seen wearing an anti-gravity suit before stepping into a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam, a strategic air base, Report informs via NDTV.

President Murmu is the third President and second woman President to undertake such a sortie.

In 2009, former president Pratibha Patil had flown in the frontline fighter aircraft.

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