Video: IAF planes perform touch and go drill on Lucknow-Agra Expressway
20 aircraft, including two AN-32 transport and fighter planes such as Mirage 2000, Jaguar, Sukhoi 30 MKI will take part in the exercise.
Lucknow: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday began its drill to touch and go landing with 16 planes performing the exercise on a stretch of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway.
AN-32 transport, Mirage 2000 and Sukhoi 30 MKI are among the aircraft that are part of the drill conducted on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway near Bangarmau in the neighbouring Unnao district.
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It is for the first time any transport aircraft will be landing on an expressway, PRO, Defence (Central Command), Gargi Malik Sinha claimed.
Traffic has been restricted in the area.
A large number of people have congregated to watch IAF planes land on Lucknow-Agra expressway.
The AN-32 are meant for humanitarian assistance and relief operations during floods or any other natural calamity.
"The aircraft can bring a large amount of relief material. It can also help evacuate people," Sinha said.
Twenty aircraft, including two AN-32 transport and fighter planes such as Mirage 2000, Jaguar, Sukhoi 30 MKI will take part in the exercise on Tuesday, she added.
(With inputs from PTI)
