PM Modi witnesses special IAF aerial show at emergency landing facility in Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday (February 14, 2026) witnessed an aerial amusement featuring IAF’s combatant jets and transport helicopters, which are engaged for exigency situations and responses, astatine the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) successful Assam’s Dibrugarh district.

The 4.2-km ELF successful Moran — the first-of-its-kind successful the northeast portion — was earlier successful the time inaugurated by the Prime Minister, who arrived successful Assam connected a day-long visit.

In the implicit 20-minute aerial display, the IAF pilots displayed precision take-off and landing astatine the ELF connected Moran Bypass.

A Sukhoi-30 MKI was the archetypal pitchy to take-off, followed by a Rafale aircraft. IAF’s ‘workhorse’ An-32 helicopter, designed for ferrying some cargo and passengers, performed a ‘touch and go’.

A three-aircraft acceptable each of Sukhoi-30 MKI and Rafale past roared implicit the Moran entity successful speedy succession.

While 1 Sukhoi-30 MKI and Rafale each of the enactment landed astatine the ELF, the different jets performed overshoot during the display.

The indigenous Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) demonstrated Special Heli-Borne Operations (SHBO) by dropping disconnected commandos astatine the airstrip.

Another acceptable of ALHs demonstrated alleviation operations and aesculapian evacuation process astatine the ELF.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said earlier that it volition beryllium the archetypal specified “elaborate” workout astatine an ELF, with astir 16 craft participating.

The ELF, developed astatine a task outgo of astir Rs 100 crore, has been specially designed and constructed successful coordination with the IAF to enactment landing and take-off of subject and civilian craft during emergencies, an authoritative connection said.