New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- President Droupadi Murmu will be taking a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet from the Ambala Air Force base in Haryana on Wednesday, 29 October, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Tuesday.

India had used these jets to launch attacks on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan as part of Operation Sindoor.

Earlier, former presidents APJ Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil had both taken sorties in fighter jets. Kalam and Patil undertook sorties in the Shukhoi-30 MKI.

Murmu herself had taken a sortie in a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet back on 8 April, 2023, making her the third president of India to do so.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan issued a statement on Tuesday, saying, "The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, will visit Ambala, Haryan...