Prez flies on maiden sortie in fighter jet in Assam’s Tezpur

Guwahati: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday flew on her maiden sortie in a fighter aircraft from Tezpur airbase in Assam, before wrapping up her three-day tour of the northeastern state.
Group Captain Naveen Kumar Tiwari, the Commanding Officer of the 106th Squadron, flew her in a Sukhoi-30 MKI that took off from the Indian Air Force base.
Rashtrapati Bhavan said the President flew for approximately 30 minutes covering Brahmaputra and Tezpur valley with a view of the Himalayas before returning to the Air Force Station.
Murmu reached Tezpur from Guwahati. She was received at the airbase by Air Marshal S P Dharkar, governor Gulab Chand Kataria and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.