President Murmu Takes Sortie In Rafale Fighter Jet At Ambala Air Force Station

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday took a sortie in Rafale fighter jet, moments after she arrived at the Air Force Station in Haryana’s Ambala. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh was among others present on the occasion.

A video showed President Murmu boarding the Rafale fighter jet.

Before that, the President was seen standing near the Rafale jet, as many clicked her pictures.

Before President Murmu, former presidents APJ Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil had undertaken sorties in Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Air Force Station, Lohegaon near Pune on June 8, 2006 and November 25, 2009, respectively.

On April 8, 2023, Murmu, the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, became the third President and second woman head of the state to take a sortie in Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station, Assam.