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Indian President flies in fighter jet
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- 08 April, 2023
- 12:54
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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