IAF drill in photos: Fighter jets touch down on Lucknow-Agra Expressway
Over a dozen IAF planes, including Mirage-2000 fighters and Sukhoi 30s took part in the exercise LATEST NEWS : Fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) today performed breathtaking touch-and-go landings on a stretch of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway here, showing that highways can be used as landing strips in case of any emergency. Over a dozen IAF planes, including Mirage-2000 fighters and Sukhoi 30s, besides 35,000 kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, took part in the exercise near Bangarmau in the district, about 65 km from Lucknow. Garud Special Forces commandos secured the landing zone as part of the special drill. The top-of-the-line Sukhoi 30s and Mirage 2000s took off after touching down on the expressway, while the C-130J transport aircraft landed on it. An Indian Air Force transport aircraft An Indian Air Force transport aircraft, a C-130 Hercules lands on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during an IAF drill in Bangarmau...