Ambala: President Droupadi Murmu undertook a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet from the Air Force Station here on Wednesday, and described it as an “unforgettable experience” that instilled in her a renewed sense of pride in the nation’s defence capabilities.

During her visit, the president posed with Squadron leader Shivangi Singh, just before she took to the skies.

Singh, the country’s first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot, was claimed to have been captured during ‘ Operation Sindoor ‘ by a pro-Pakistan social media handle. The Press Information Bureau Fact Check had on May 10 called out this claim as fake.

While President Murmu took a sortie in a Rafale jet, Air Chief Marshal A P Singh also flew in a separate aircraft from the same air base.

Murmu is the first President of India to

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