At Assam’s Tezpur, President Droupadi Murmu takes maiden sortie in fighter jet

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday took her maiden sortie in a fighter aircraft at Tezpur air base in Assam. (ANI Photo)

Group Captain Naveen Kumar Tiwari flew her in a Sukhoi-30 MKI that took off from the Indian Air Force base. (President/ Twitter)

The Sukhoi-30 MKI is a twin-seater multirole fighter jet developed by Russia's Sukhoi and built under licence by India's aerospace giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). (President/Twitter)

President Murmu in an olive-green anti-gravity suit standardises by the Indian Air Force. (President/Twitter)

President Murmu photographed with the Station Commander and staff of Air Force Station Tezpur. (President/Twitter)

She was received at the air base by Air Marshal S P Dharkar, Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (himantabiswa/Twitter)

At the spot, CM Sarma also learned about the state-of-the-art machinery, fighter jets and other military equipment at the airbase.