Indian Air Force celebrates platinum jubilee

NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (KUNA) — The Indian Air Force (IAF), celebrated its platinum jubilee Monday, with a pledge to embark on a modernization drive in the coming years.
“Our vision is to achieve strategic reach, enabling our combat and support forces to deploy rapidly within the strategic boundaries that are in consonance with India’s national interests,” IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major said at a parade at the Hindon air base on the outskirts of Delhi as the force turned 75 today.
“State of the art weaponry, communications systems, networking and technology enhancements are truly making the IAF a global force to reckon with, ” Major said.
He said, “The IAF of the future will increasingly be called upon to ensure the inviolability of India’s enhanced strategic borders that now extend from the Straits of Hormuz to the Straits of Malacca and includes the Central Asian region.” The highlight of today’s celebrations was a flying display featuring 75 aircraft to commemorate the occasion. There also was a breath-taking display of formation aerobatics by the “Surya Kiran” team of nine aircraft.

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