New Delhi:
The newly inducted Rafale fighter aircraft will function in India’s Republic Day parade on January 26 and culminate the flypast by carrying out the ”Vertical Charlie” formation, the Indian Air Force (IAF) mentioned on Monday.
In the ”Vertical Charlie” formation, the aircraft flies at low altitude, pulls up vertically and conducts rolls ahead of stabilising at greater altitude.
“The flypast will culminate with a single Rafale aircraft carrying out a ”Vertical Charlie” formation,” mentioned Wing Commander Indranil Nandi.
A total of 38 IAF aircraft and 4 planes of the Indian Army will participate in the flypast on January 26, he mentioned.
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