15 Indian Air Force Fighter Jets, Super Hercules Transport Aircraft To Land On Expressway Near Lucknow Today: 10 Points
LUCKNOW: Sixteen planes of the Indian Air Force, or IAF, will perform touch and go landings on a stretch of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway today morning, starting with a 35,000 kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft which will come to a full stop on landing to deploy Garud Special Forces commandos to secure the landing zone as part of the special drill. Fighter jets of the IAF including top of the line Sukhoi 30s and Mirage 200s won't, however, come to a full stop but will instead take off after touching down on the airstrip. The three-hour long exercise that begins at 10 a.m. stimulates an emergency situation when airbases, the first target of bombs and missiles, won't be available for air operations, necessitating use of highways as landing strips.
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