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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh volition reappraisal the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) of the 217th Course astatine the Air Force Academy (AFA), Dundigal, connected Saturday (June 13, 2026). The ceremonial volition people the palmy completion of pre-commissioning grooming of formation cadets from assorted branches of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
During the parade, Mr. Singh, who volition service arsenic the Reviewing Officer, volition confer the President's Commission upon the graduating trainees. Flight cadets of the IAF, on with officers and trainees from the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, volition besides person their Wings and Brevets connected palmy completion of training.
The ceremonial volition besides people a milestone with the commissioning of the archetypal batch of women cadets from the National Defence Academy (NDA), Pune. The women cadets had passed retired from the NDA connected May 30, 2025, and subsequently underwent branch-specific grooming astatine the Air Force Academy.
The Defence Minister volition contiguous the President's Plaque to the formation cadets who unafraid the archetypal presumption successful the wide bid of merit successful the Flying branch, Navigation watercourse and Ground Duty branches.
