Eight IAF jets grace Lucknow-Agra Expressway inauguration

In a major show of grandeur, eight fighter jets landed during the inauguration of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.

In a major show of grandeur, eight fighter jets landed during the inauguration of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. | PTI 

The first fighter jet touched down on the Expressway around 1pm amid applause. | PTI

UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav inaugurated country’s longest 6-lane Greenfield Agra-Lucknow. | PTI

The extensive 302 km Agra-Lucknow Expressway, built in a record 23 months, has a 3.3km space specifically set aside for fighter jet landings. | PTI

A fighter jet had already practiced landing on the 3.3 km landing space as part of a decision by the Defense Ministry to use that area for emergencies. | PTI

For the first time IAF fighter jets will take part in a road's inauguration. | PTI

Out of the eight fighter jets which landed, four of them were Sukhoi jets from Bareilly and four Mirage 2000s came from Gwalior. | PTI

The jets skimmed the huge highway, which has six-lanes. | PTI