Kalaikunda, Aug. 23 -- Valedictory Function of 213 Pilot Course was conducted at Air Force Station Kalaikunda on Friday (August 22), said a press statement from PRO, Defence, Guwahati.

Air Marshal Surat Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command, presided over the function. AOC-in-C, EAC was received by Air Commodore Sartaj Sehgal, Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station Kalaikunda.

The event marked the successful culmination of flying training of Officers on Hawk aircraft. The training aimed at converting newly commissioned pilots to operational Fighter Pilots, ready for deployment across the fighter Squadrons of the IAF.

Air Marshal Surat Singh, AOC-in-C EAC, gave away the trophies to the pilots who excelled in dif...