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World Cup final: IAF's Surya Kiran team to put on air show
Source: PTI
November 17, 2023

IMAGE: The Indian Air Force's Surya Kiran Aerobatic Display Team conducts an air show in their Hawk Mk 132 aircraft over Lachit Ghat in Guwahati in September last year. Photograph: ANI

The Surya Kiran aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force will perform an air show ahead of the World Cup 2023 final between India and Australia in Ahmedabad on November 19, said an official on Thursday.

The Defence PRO for Gujarat announced that the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team will enthrall people for ten minutes before the start of the final match to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera.

Rehearsals of the air show will be held on Friday and Saturday.

The team, popularly known as the ambassadors of the Indian Air Force, has the distinction of being among a handful of 9 aircraft formation aerobatic teams in the world.

The team is based in Bidar, Karnataka, and flies nine Hawk Mk132 aircraft, designed by British Aerospace and licence manufactured in India by HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited).

The hallmark of its demonstration is loop manoeuvres in victory formation, barrel roll manoeuvres and formation of various shapes in the sky.

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