IAF Suryakiran display at Swarnim Park in Gandhinagar on January 7 and 10

Gandhinagar: Ahead of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017, Indian Air Force flying display will take place in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar on January 9 at Swarnim Park opposite the Gujarat assembly complex. Full dress rehearsal of smae sequence will take place on January 7 for general public. Both flying display sequences will take place during 11-11.40 am at the same place. According to RK Dhir who is Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South West Air Command(SWAC) in Gandhinagar, para-troopers will be dropped from Mi-17 V-5 helicopters, flower petals will be sprayed from Chetak helicopter, Sukhoi 30 fighters from Jodhpur will perform advances aerobatics and Suryakiran formations. Dhir also spoke about IAF role during demonetization period and said the IAF carried 610 tonnes of new currency notes till 31 December through 35 sorties.