Emergency Exercise: IAF fighter jets land on Purvanchal Expressway after 19-month gap

Indian Air Force fighter jets touched the airstrip of Purvanchal Expressway again after a gap of 19 months on Saturday (June 24). While the airstrip on the expressway has been under repair since June 11, Air Force officers have inspected the work being done on the airstrip and checked the arrangements for the programme prior to the landing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the expressway on 16 November, 2021. Back then, the Air Force had demonstrated its strength here. Traffic has been diverted on a five-km stretch on Purvanchal Expressway from June 11 to June 25 in view of the maintenance work of the airstrip.