President Droupadi Murmu, the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, made history by undertaking a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet at the Air Force Station in Ambala, Haryana, on Wednesday.

This marked the first time an Indian President has flown in the advanced French-origin multirole combat aircraft, which forms a cornerstone of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) air superiority capabilities. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A P Singh flew in a second Rafale aircraft, making it a two-aircraft mission.

The Rafale aircraft based at Ambala were in the forefront of the recently conducted airstrikes at terrorist infrastructure deep inside Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. The same Rafale squadron also hit military installations in Pakistan in the second phase of the operation.

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