India, Oct. 29 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday undertook a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet from the Air Force Station in Ambala, Haryana - one of the Indian Air Force's most crucial bases and the operational hub of the recent Operation Sindoor.

Air Chief Marshal A. P. Singh also flew in a separate aircraft from the same airbase. Before boarding the Rafale, President Murmu donned a G-suit, posed for photographs with the pilot while holding her helmet, and waved from the cockpit before take-off at 11:27 a.m.

Upon her arrival, she was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour at the airbase.

The Rafale jets, manufactured by French aerospace giant Dassault Aviation, were formally inducted into the Indian Air Force in September 2020 at ...