Overview
- At Air Force Station Mohanbari in Dibrugarh, Eastern Air Command staged a public flying display that recreated the Tangail airdrop, the Meghna River crossing and the strike on Dhaka’s Government House.
- Su-30 MKI fighters, C-130/C-130J transports, Dornier Do-228 and An-32 aircraft, and Chinook, Mi-17, ALH and Cheetah helicopters featured in the demonstration.
- Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said the force is fully prepared for a two-front war and warned any adversary attempting misadventure would get “a bloody nose.”
- A seminar on air operations in 1971, the ‘Triumph from the Sky-71’ exhibition, a commemorative film and a replica of the Swarnim Vijay Mashal complemented the flying display.
- The daylong commemoration drew veterans, senior civil and military dignitaries and large groups of schoolchildren from across Assam.