Macron's deployment of Mirage fighter jets comes as Ukraine is seeking more Western aid to counter Russian forces, who have launched an operation near Kharkiv. Zelenskyy is currently in France to attend D-Day commemorations, where he will meet US President Joe Biden as well.
The aircraft would now be upgraded to the latest standards as part of the Mirage upgrade programme going on in the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the sources said.
The districts falling on the expressway are Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur. The project has been divided into 8 packages for implementation.
"Modification to the Mirage 2000 was in process and expedited, and system was brought in place for the Kargil War," the IAF chief said.
Squadron Leader Samir Abrol and Squadron Leader Siddhartha Negi, both from Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment, were killed in the crash at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Airport in Bengaluru.
The trainer jet, which was on a routine sortie, crashed soon after taking off from HAL Airport in the Karnataka capital.
Sixteen IAF aircrafts touched down and took off as part of a special drill on a 4-kilometre stretch of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district.
The restriction on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway comes in view of the exercise involving the landings of 20 IAF planes, including AN-32 transport, Mirage 2000 and Sukhoi 30 MKI.
As tension is growing in the country in aftermath of the Uri terror attack, the air-to-air MICA missile has been successfully fired by the Tiger Squadron of the Indian Air Force (IAF). "The missile achieved
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