Several aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) touched down and took off as part of a special drill on a 4-kilometre stretch of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district. <br /><br /> Take a look at some of the images from the event: -
An Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet lands on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during an IAF drill in Bangarmau, in Unnao district. (PTI Photo)
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An Indian Air Force transport aircraft, a C-130 Hercules lands on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during an IAF drill in Bangarmau, in Unnao district. (PTI Photo)
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An Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet lands on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during an IAF drill in Bangarmau, in Unnao district. (PTI Photo)
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A Su-30 MKI aircraft touches down on Lucknow-Agra Expressway during a drill conducted by Indian Air Force near Bangarmau in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. (PTI Photo)
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Over a dozen IAF planes, including Mirage-2000 fighters and Sukhoi 30s, besides 35,000 kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, took part in the exercise near Bangarmau in the district, about 65 km from Lucknow. (PTI Photo)
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Personnel display skills as they return to an Indian Air Force Hercules C-130J aircraft that landed on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway, during an IAF drill in Bangarmau, in Unnao district. (PTI Photo)
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A C-130J Hercules, an Indian Air Force transport aircraft, lands on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao. More than a dozen IAF aircrafts performed touch and go landings as part of a preparedness exercise held to use highways as landing strips during state of emergencies. (AP Photo)
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Mirage-2000 fighters and Sukhoi-30 MKI — which form the backbone of the IAF's fighter fleet — have landed on the Yamuna Expressway in the past too, but it was for the first time that a transport aircraft landed on it. (PTI Photo)
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Indian Air Force Sukhoi aircraft fly over the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during an IAF drill in Bangarmau, in Unnao district. (PTI Photo)
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Last November, six Sukhoi-30 jets touched down on a 3.3-km stretch of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway. (AP Photo)
