Jakarta, Nov. 3 -- Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto on Monday symbolically handed over an Airbus A400M transport aircraft to Armed Forces (TNI) Commander General Agus Subiyanto at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta.

Before the handover, Prabowo unveiled the Squadron 31 emblem attached to the aircraft's fuselage and sprinkled water and flowers on its nose gear as part of a traditional blessing ritual. He then inspected the aircraft's cabin.

During the ceremony, Prabowo was accompanied by Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi, and Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya.

The A400M, the largest transport aircraft in the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) fleet, landed at the air base earlier in the d...