In a first for any Road launch, Six fighter jets of the Indian Air force (IAF) landed on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, which has been thrown open to the public on Monday. 3Sukhoi jets and 3 Mirage 2000s took part in the exercise. Last week, an IAF jet was seen practicing landing on a 3.2 km stretch, exclusively marked for fighter jets to land in case of an emergency.
#WATCH Unnao: Flypast by IAF Sukhoi Su-30MKI jets on inauguration of Agra-Lucknow expressway pic.twitter.com/nqa3QPQBAM
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#WATCH Unnao: IAF Mirage 2000 jets touch down on Agra-Lucknow expressway pic.twitter.com/xiZtjzZzHy
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Three Mirage-2000 Multi-Role Aircrafts along With Three Su-30mki landed on the Expressway.India’s Frontier Fighter Su-30MKI also did Flybys during the event.
The Entire Display of IAF’s Strength was started by landings of 3 Mirage-200 Aircraft after which a Sukhoi did a Very low Flypast but did not land.Two Sukhoi’s then Landed on the Expressway.
#WATCH Unnao: IAF Mirage 2000 jets touch down on Agra-Lucknow expressway pic.twitter.com/xiZtjzZzHy
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Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will inaugurate the Unnao expressway, which is around 302 km long. The highway has a direct link to Delhi-Agra Yamuna Expressway. It is said to bring down travel time between Delhi and Lucknow by at least 2-3 hours. The six-lane expressway can also be extended to eight lanes. A total of 3,500 hectares of land was acquired for the project and it work was completed in record time of 23 months.
