President Droupadi Murmu will be taking a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet from the Ambala Air Force base in Haryana on Wednesday, 29 October, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Tuesday.

India had used these jets to launch attacks on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan as part of Operation Sindoor.

Murmu herself had taken a sortie in a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet back on 8 April, 2023, making her the third president of India to do so. Also Read | Trump again takes credit for stopping potential 'nuclear war' between India-Pak

The Rashtrapati Bhavan issued a statement on Tuesday, saying, "The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, will visit Ambala, Haryana tomorrow where she will take a sortie in Rafale."

On Tuesday, the President inaugurated the Eighth Session of the International

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