PIB Press Release
The Indian Air Force will carry out a fly past on 26 Jan 10 as a part of Republic Day celebrations. A total of 28 aircraft flying at heights varying from 60 meters to 500 meters above ground level will take part in the fly past. The details of fly past (practices & final show) are as follows:-
Date & Time – Rehearsal/ Final Fly Past from 20 Jan to 26 Jan 10 (between 0930 hrs to 1230 hrs).
Areas over which aircraft will be flying at low level are:-
Palam-Point North – Najafgarh drains – Tihar Jail – War Cemetery – Rastrapati Bhavan
Birds pose a serious threat to aircraft flying at low levels. Eatables thrown out in the open attract birds. To ensure a safe fly past, the Indian Air Force requests the citizens of Delhi and its neighborhood for the following:-
Ø KEEP THE AREAS CLEAN.
Ø DO NOT THROW EATABLES, GARBAGE, DEAD ANIMALS OR ANIMAL CARCASSES IN THE OPEN.
Ø IF ANY CARCASS IS FOUND IN THE OPEN, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT TO THE NEAREST AIR FORCE UNIT/ POLICE STATION.
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TKS/CM
FLY PAST DETAILS : RD PARADE 2010
Sl No.
Fly Past
Name of Formation Leader/ Deputy Leader
1.
4 x MI-17 IV in inverted Y Formation
(a) The leading helicopter will troop the National Flag.
(b) No. 2 Helicopter behind No. 1 Helicopter will be trooping the Army Flag.
(c) No. 3 & 4 helicopters will troop the Navy and Air Force flags and shower flower petals on the audience seated below.
Wg Cdr Amit Kumar Bhutani
Wg Cdr Sudeep Rajan
Wg Cdr Manoj Vats
Wg Cdr Pankaj Bajaj
2.
Three helicopters (ALH) of Army Aviation Corps in Victory formation.
Col Vijay Chandrachud
Lt Col Shatanjali Joshi
Maj Rajesh Gulati
3.
One IL-78, two AN-32 and two Dornier in Big Boy formation
Gp Capt GC Mishra
Sqn Ldr AS Punia
Wg Cdr MK Roy
Wg Cdr JP Raju
Sqn Ldr KS Gupta
4.
One AWACS and two SU-30 MKI in Sentry formation
Wg Cdr P Nainwal
Wg Cdr Sundermani Krishnan
Sqn Ldr Daler Singh Billing
5.
5 x Jaguar aircraft in arrowhead formation
Wg Cdr Maluk Singh
Wg Cdr R Aggarwal
Sqn Ldr RD Jagtap
Sqn Ldr AK Singh
Sqn Ldr Rohit Kadyan
6.
5 x MiG 29 aircraft arrowhead formation
Wg Cdr Vikas Sharma
Wg Cdr BN Athreya
Sqn Ldr Prabhat Malik
Sqn Ldr Ajay Rathi
Sqn Ldr DS Tomar
7.
3 x SU-30 MKI aircraft in Trishul formation. The centre SU-30 will perform Vertical Charlie while the flank aircraft will perform Trishul maneuver.
Wg Cdr Amit Vij
Sqn Ldr Kamla Chadha
Sqn Ldr SL Mahajan