- Draupadi Murmu is on a two-day visit to Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
- She witnessed the Indian Air Force's 'Vayu Shakti' exercise.
- Before the exercise, she flew a Light Combat Helicopter 'Prachand'.
- The helicopter is an indigenously developed combat platform.
- The flight was conducted in a joint formation of two aircraft.
- Air Chief Marshal Amarpreet Singh flew the second helicopter in the formation.
- The 'Prachand' is India's first domestically designed and developed combat helicopter.
- It is manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. It is capable of operating in desert conditions.
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