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New Delhi, September 30: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will be celebrating its 85th anniversary on October 8, 2017. The celebrations would be marked by exhilarating air display by various aircraft at the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad.
The air display will commence with flag bearing skydivers of famous AKASH GANGA Team dropping out of AN-32 aircraft in their colourful canopies, at 8 am. “The flypast would include the vintage aircraft, along with modern transport aircraft and fighter aircraft. The ceremony will conclude at 10.51 am with a scintillating aerobatic display,” said the IAF in a statement.
The rehearsals of air display would begin from October 1. The areas where the IAF fleet would be flying at low levels are- Wazirpur bridge, Karwalnagar, Afjalpur – Hindan, Shamli, Jiwana, Chandinagar- Hindan, Hapur – Philkua.
Ahead, of the air display, the IAF has requested the residents of Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) to not to throw garbage/eatables on the roads as it attracts birds, which poses a safety threat. The IAF said if a bird hits the aircraft, it causes a damage to the aircraft and to the people living on the ground.
” If you find any dead animal on the ground please report it to the IAF unit of the nearest police station to arrange for disposal, ” the IAF further added.
The UDAN flights would operate from Hindon Air Force station starting from this winter season, suggest reports.
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