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President Murmu takes maiden sortie in fighter jet in Assam's Tezpur
Updated On: 08 April, 2023 02:04 PM IST | Tezpur | PTI
Murmu, who was on a three-day trip to Assam, reached Tezpur from Guwahati. She was received at the air base by Air Marshal S P Dharkar, Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Alighting from the aircraft after the 25-minute sortie, the President again posed with the group captain and waved to the waiting journalists. Pic/PTI
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday took her maiden sortie in a fighter aircraft at Tezpur air base in Assam. Group Captain Naveen Kumar Tiwari flew her in a Sukhoi-30 MKI that took off from the Indian Air Force base.
"Achcha laga (felt good)," Murmu told reporters after completing her 25-minute sortie.
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