The Light Combat Aircraft was followed by the Intermediate Jet Trainer, the indigenous aircraft being built to train IAF pilots for stage II training.

Then the 'Sentinel of the ocean', Tu-142 flew past the dignitaries. The Tu-142 is the 'albatross of the Indian Navy', being able to fly non-stop for over 18 hours over the sea.

India's latest acquisition, the Russian made IL-78 air-to-air refueller, called the 'fuel tank in the sky', tugged two Mirage-2000 fighters filling fuel over the Bangalore skies.

The Suryakiran aerobatics team emblazons the sky with the tricolour.

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