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  1. The first President of India who made a 30-minute sortie in the Sukhoi fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force is
    1. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
    2. Smt. Pratibha Patil
    3. KR. Narayanan
    4. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
Correct Option: A

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was the first President who undertook a historic 40-minute sortie in the Sukhoi aircraft, taking off from Lohegaon airbase in Pune in June 2006. His feat was emulated in November 2009 when President Pratibha Patil made history by taking off in a frontline Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet aircraft from the air force base in Pune, becoming the first woman head of state to fly in a warplane.


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