<p class="title">Indigenous armed helicopter Rudra, manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will make its debut at this year's Republic Day parade here.</p>.<p class="title">With the NDA government inviting 10 ASEAN leaders as chief guests at the parade, breaking away from the tradition of having the leader of a single country, an ASEAN flag will be carried by an IAF chopper at the beginning of the parade.</p>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>There would be 38 aircraft in the flypast, out of which 21 would be combat jets and 12 helicopters.</span><span>The Rudra formation will replace the Mi-35 gunships that flew in the previous shows. The Rudra will be preceded by four Dhruv advanced light helicopters that will fly in a diamond formation over the Rajpath.</span></div>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>The fighter aircraft would be represented by Su-30MKI, indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, Jaguars and MiG-29s, which would display their skills in formation flying. </span></div>.<p class="CrossHead"><span>Vertical Charlie</span></p>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>The show-stopper would be a single Su-30MKI doing a Vertical Charlie in which the aircraft spins on its own axis while going up.</span></div>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>In memory of Air Force Marshal Arjan Singh, who passed away in September 2017, the 75-member strong IAF band will play a special tune while marching on the central boulevard. Air Commodore Kanwal Wali, principal director (organisation and ceremony) at the Air Headquarters, said here on Thursday.</span></div>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>The IAF marching contingent will have 144 air warriors, whereas its tableau would depict indigenous products like Tejas, Rudra, Aakash air defence missile and Arudhra radar.</span> </div>
<p class="title">Indigenous armed helicopter Rudra, manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will make its debut at this year's Republic Day parade here.</p>.<p class="title">With the NDA government inviting 10 ASEAN leaders as chief guests at the parade, breaking away from the tradition of having the leader of a single country, an ASEAN flag will be carried by an IAF chopper at the beginning of the parade.</p>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>There would be 38 aircraft in the flypast, out of which 21 would be combat jets and 12 helicopters.</span><span>The Rudra formation will replace the Mi-35 gunships that flew in the previous shows. The Rudra will be preceded by four Dhruv advanced light helicopters that will fly in a diamond formation over the Rajpath.</span></div>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>The fighter aircraft would be represented by Su-30MKI, indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, Jaguars and MiG-29s, which would display their skills in formation flying. </span></div>.<p class="CrossHead"><span>Vertical Charlie</span></p>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>The show-stopper would be a single Su-30MKI doing a Vertical Charlie in which the aircraft spins on its own axis while going up.</span></div>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>In memory of Air Force Marshal Arjan Singh, who passed away in September 2017, the 75-member strong IAF band will play a special tune while marching on the central boulevard. Air Commodore Kanwal Wali, principal director (organisation and ceremony) at the Air Headquarters, said here on Thursday.</span></div>.<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><span>The IAF marching contingent will have 144 air warriors, whereas its tableau would depict indigenous products like Tejas, Rudra, Aakash air defence missile and Arudhra radar.</span> </div>