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New Delhi: With an all-women tri-service contingent and 15 women pilots leading the flypast, the women-centric Republic Day Parade this year is poised to enthral the country and French President Emmanuel Macron, who will be the sixth French leader to attend the parade as chief guest...
Besides a French marching contingent, the parade will see the participation of two Rafale fighter jets, a Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) mid-air refueller and the debut of the IAFs first C-295 transport aircraft...
The all-women tri-service contingent will consist of 144 women Agniveers 48 each from the Air Force, Army and Navy..
Flanked by two C-130 aircraft in echelon, the C-295 transport aircraft inducted into the IAF last September will make its debut at the Republic Day Parade this year as part of an Arjan formation...
With a thrust on indigenisation, an aircraft formation named the Tejas will also make a debut during the Republic Day Parade flypast..
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