President to Witness Air Force's Might Tomorrow in Pokhran

President Pranab Mukherjee will tomorrow witness Air Force's firepower at Rajasthan's Pokhran.

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee will tomorrow witness Air Force's firepower at Rajasthan's Pokhran.

The biennial event is named as 'Exercise Iron Fist' and it will be held at Air Force Firing Range, Pokhran.

"The exercise will include combat manoeuvres and live firing of air-to-ground and air-to-air precision weapons by fighters, transport aircraft and helicopters," a press release issued today by Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Pokhran is the place where India had conducted nuclear tests in 1974 and in 1998.

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