Bhawana Kanth
during the flypast including 15fighter jets, five transport air-craft, 21 helicopters and a vin-tage Dakota aircraft, the IAF saidin a briefing on its role in theparade. A Rafale aircraft will flywith two Jaguars and twoMiG-29 fighter jets in one of theformations at the flypast, whichwill wrap up with the Rafale car-rying out another manoeuvre.
The flypast will see a vintageDakota aircraft fly in formationwith two Mi-17 V5 helicopters,marking the 50 years of the lib-eration of Bangladesh. A Bangla-deshi military contingent is alsotaking part in the parade. An IAFC-17 heavy-lifter last week flew122 Bangladeshi military person-nel from Dhaka for the parade.
The participation of the Bang-ladeshi soldiers in the paradewill mark the second time thatforeign soldiers will march
HT Correspondent
AMRITSAR: No spectators will beallowed on the Indian side of theAttari-Wagah joint checkpost onRepublic Day in view of the Cov-id-19 pandemic, officials familiarwith the matter said on Monday.
A Border Security Force (BSF)official said that a decision is yetto be taken on whether the coor-dinated parade with Pakistanwill be held this year or not.
“Due to the coronavirus pan-demic, no spectator will beallowed to enter the joint checkpost (JCP) at Attari this RepublicDay. But we have yet to decideour programme, including theparade ceremony, to celebratethe day on the border,” said asenior Punjab BSF official,requesting anonymity.
The joint parade was held onIndependence Day last year.
Another BSF official said thatwhile they are yet to receive aprogramme for Republic Day, itis likely that the parade will beheld. Celebrations for the Repub-lic Day may be similar to thebeating the retreat ceremonywhich was held in August with-out any spectators, the officialsaid.
Since the Covid-19 outbreak inMarch last year, only a flag-low-ering ceremony is conducted atsunset on the Indian side of theborder.
NO SPECTATORS AT WAGAH BORDER ON JAN 26, BSF YET TO TAKE CALL ON INDIA-PAK PARADE
HT Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Flight lieutenantBhawana Kanth will be a part ofthe Republic Day parade thisyear, becoming the first womanfighter pilot to take part inIndia’s biggest ceremonial eventon January 26.
She will be a part of theIndian Air Force’s (IAF’s) tab-leau that will showcase mock-ups of the light combat aircraft,light combat helicopter and the
Sukhoi-30 fighter plane, IndianAir Force officials said on Mon-day.
One of the first three womento get commissioned into theIAF as a fighter pilot, Kanth iscurrently posted at an airbase inRajasthan where she flies theMiG-21 Bison fighter plane.
Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi andMohana Singh were inductedinto the IAF as the first womenfighter pilots in 2016. Tenwomen have been commis-sioned as fighter pilots after an
experimental scheme for theirinduction into the IAF’s combatstream was introduced in 2015.
Kanth, who belongs to Dar-bhanga in Bihar, was born andbrought up in the RefineryTownship, Begusarai, where herfather worked as an engineer inIOCL.
Rafales, Su-30s and MiG-29s,the fighter jets which are part ofthe IAF’s muscular posture inthe Ladakh theatre, will beamong 42 aircraft taking part inRepublic Day flypast.
Woman fighter pilot in parade for first time
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NEW DELHI: The Indian AirForce’s Rafales, Sukhoi-30s andMiG-29s — fighters that are partof its muscular posture in theLadakh theatre — are among the42 aircraft that will take part inthis year’s Republic Day flypast— the highlight of India’s biggestceremonial parade, air force offi-cials said on Monday.
The Rafales, whose inductioninto the IAF began last Septem-ber and is work in progress, aretaking part in the flypast for thefirst time. A woman fighter pilotwill also participate in theparade for the first time.
The IAF’s solitary Rafalesquadron will add more musclewith the arrival of at least threemore fighter jets by the end ofthe month. The delivery of thethree jets will take the number ofRafales in IAF’s inventory to 11.
The IAF’s C-17 Globemaster IIItransport aircraft, C-130J SuperHercules special operationsplane, Apache AH-64E attackhelicopters and CH-47F (I) Chi-nook multi-mission choppers —platforms that have formed partof the force’s role in the Ladakhsector — will also participate inthe flypast, the officials said.
As many as 42 aircraft will bea part of different formations
down Rajpath, as reported by HTon January 3. The Bangladeshicontingent has been invited totake part in the parade at a timewhen the two countries are cele-brating the golden jubilee of thebirth of Bangladesh.
Foreign soldiers took part inthe parade for the first time in2016 when a French army con-tingent of 130 soldiers marcheddown Rajpath (then FrenchPresident Francois Hollande wasthe chief guest that year).
Flight Lieutenant BhawanaKanth, one of the first womenfighter pilots in IAF, will be apart of the air force’s tableauthat will showcase mock-ups ofthe light combat aircraft, lightcombat helicopter and theSukhoi-30 fighter plane. TheLCA model will be armed withIndia’s first anti-radiation mis-sile Rudram.
The parade will be shorter,involve fewer participants andonly a fourth of the usual num-ber of spectators will be allowedat Rajpath, with the ceremonialevent being curtailed because ofthe Covid-19 pandemic.
The shortened route of theparade will see it end at NationalStadium instead of Red Fort. Notmore than 25,000 spectators willbe allowed at Rajpath, comparedto at least 100,000 people whousually turn up for the parade.
Rafale jets to debut in Republic Day flypast
RAFALES, SUKHOI-30S AND MIG-29S — FIGHTERS PART OF INDIA’S MUSCULAR POSTURE IN THE LADAKH THEATRE — ARE AMONG THE 42 AIRCRAFT THAT WILL TAKE PART
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