India, May 2 -- The stage is set for Uttar Pradesh to create history on Friday. Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets and transport aircraft will land and take off during the day and night on the newly built 3.5-km-long airstrip on the Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur. Uttar Pradesh is the first state in the country to have a night landing facility for fighter jets on an expressway.

Jaguar, which is a precision strike aircraft used in ground attack and anti-ship missions. and MIG -29, a fighter aircraft with high speed, high flight and ability to dodge radar will be the first ones to touch down on the airstrip.

Chief secretary of the Uttar Pradesh state government Manoj Kumar Singh reached Shahjahanpur on Friday morning. Senior officials ...