Guwahati, Oct 29: President Droupadi Murmu, on Wednesday, etched her name in history by becoming the first President of India to take sorties in two frontline fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

She completed a high-profile sortie in a Rafale fighter jet from the Air Force Station in Ambala, Haryana creating a landmark moment in her role as the supreme commander of the armed forces.

Air Chief Marshal A. P. Singh also participated in the operation, flying in a separate aircraft from the same base. Before boarding the Rafale, the President donned a G-suit, carrying her flight helmet and wearing sunglasses as she posed for photographs alongside her pilot.

She waved confidently from inside the cockpit just minutes before the aircraft took off at 11:27 am.

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