Hyderabad: The atmosphere on Saturday was festive at Air Force Academy in Dundigal where the parents and relatives cheered 158 flight cadets who received the President’s Commission after successfully completing the basic and professional training to join the Indian Air Force. Twenty nine of them were lady flight officers.
Flying officer Sonu Barak of the flying branch, who was the parade commander, was awarded the President’s Plaque and the Chief of Air Staff ‘Sword of Honour’ for standing first in overall merit in the pilot course.
Flying officer Kuldeep Singh and flying officer Bijender Bhagat were awarded President’s Plaques for bagging the first positions in ground duty branch and navigation branch respectively.
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R.K. Dhawan told the cadets that the word ‘impossible’ should not be in their dictionary.
The passing out parade ceremony ended with an aerobatic display of ‘Sarang Helicopter team’ and Su 30 fighter jet.
