Flying Display 2025: Guwahati, the capital of Assam, witnessed an amazing display of power by the Indian Air Force on Sunday. Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma observed the first full-scale air show ‘Flying Display 2025’ organized in the North-East and said that it is a display of strength, skill and spirit that will give sleepless nights to India’s enemies. This air show was organized near the strategically important Chicken’s Neck Corridor. During the show, the Indian Air Force demonstrated its strategic and technical capabilities.
More than 75 planes and helicopters took flight
In this one and a half hour long flying display held near Lasit Ghat over Brahmaputra river, aircraft like Rafale, Sukhoi-30, MiG-29, Mirage, Jaguar, IL-78 Refueler, C-17 Globemaster, AN-32, C-130 Hercules showed exciting stunts. Apart from this, Apache, MI-17 and advanced light helicopter MK-1 also demonstrated their capability brilliantly.
Governor and Air Force Chief were present
On this occasion, Assam Governor Laxman Prasad Acharya, Air Force Chief Air Marshal A.P. Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command, Air Marshal Surat Singh and many senior military officers were present. Expressing his gratitude to the citizens of Guwahati on social media, Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma said that this immense support of the public will give “sleepless sleep to the enemies” inside and outside the country.
Crowd gathered on the streets of Guwahati
Thousands of people from the city and surrounding areas came to watch the program. The crowd was so huge that there was a traffic jam on the main roads leading to Lasit Ghat since morning. It seemed as if the entire Guwahati came to a halt to watch this historic display of the Air Force. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was to attend the show, but due to his busy schedule in Bihar assembly elections, he could not attend.
Defense Public Relations Officer Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Rawat said that for the first time the Indian Air Force has demonstrated on such a large scale in the Northeast. He said, ‘Almost all the aircraft and helicopters of the Air Force were included in this flying display. It was a brilliant confluence of speed, skill and coordination, giving people a rare opportunity to see the country’s air power up close.’