From a girl officer aiding the President in unfurling the tricolour to the primary and last run of the IL-38 maritime reconnaissance plane that served the nation for 42 years, the Indian Air Force is all set for the Republic Day Parade on January 26.

In a press briefing, the pressure shared its detailed plan for celebrations, which additionally consists of participation of 9 Rafale jets.

The begin of the parade

Air Commodore Aditya Jain, whereas briefing the media, mentioned: “The Republic Day Celebrations will commence with the Homage Ceremony at the National War Memorial where the prime minister will lead the nation in paying homage to those who have made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty. An inter-service inner guard will be formed comprising seven personnel from each service. The IAF is the lead service this year and the guard will be commanded by Sqn Ldr Akash Ganghas.”

The Republic Day Parade at Kartavya Path will start with the unfurling of the National Flag and presenting the Rashtriya Salute to the President of India. “The President would be assisted in the unfurling of the National Flag by Flt Lt Komal Rani,” Jain mentioned.

He added: “For the marching contingent, the air warriors have been selected through a stringent process from across the force. The contingent undergoes an intensive practice session every day starting in the early hours of the day. The contingent will consist of four officers and 144 air warriors marching in a box formation of 12 rows x 12 columns.”

This 12 months, the IAF band contingent will encompass 72 musicians and three drum majors. The band can be led by Warrant Ashok Kumar who has the excellence of taking part within the contingent for the previous 26 years and main it for the previous 16 years.

The well-known martial tune ‘Sound Barrier’ composed by MWO JA George VSM and ‘Ladakoo’ composed by Flight Lt LS Rupachandra can be performed because the IAF contingent marches previous the President.

IAF Tableau

According to the IAF, a rotating globe positioned on the tableau will spotlight the pressure’s expanded attain whereby it has been in a position to render humanitarian help throughout borders in addition to carried out flying workouts with air forces of pleasant overseas nations.

Among the sights on show can be Netrai, an Airborne Early Warning & Control plane that carries indigenous payloads. Having enmeshed linkages with the GSAT-7A, the IAF’s 1ACCS (as depicted by the operator on the console) and different flying platforms will depict how properly the IAF has embraced NCW throughout a number of domains. The LCA Tejas MK-II may even be on show.

The Special Forces (Garuds) and their specialist tools have added energy to the pressure’s fight functionality. Their efficiency proved essential within the protected restoration of Indians from a disturbed nation within the latest previous. The R-Day fly-past will comprise 45 plane.

The IAF has mentioned plans are within the works to suit all plane with indigenous digital warfare suites. The manufacturing facility in India wouldn’t solely cater to IAF’s requirement but additionally make India a internet defence exporter.

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