The Indian Air Force, Army and Navy joined hands today to express their gratitude to healthcare workers, police, and forces at the frontlines of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The gesture began with the Chiefs of the Indian Armed Forces honouring the police force posted across the country amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown at the police memorial.
Jammu and Kashmir:
The flypast began on Sunday morning with IAF aircraft seen flying over the Dal Lake in Srinagar.
#WATCH | Indian Air Force’s flypast over #Srinagar‘s #DalLake to pay tribute to medical professionals and all other frontline workers. #COVID19 @IAF_MCC pic.twitter.com/hn8KaJo2KI
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Chandigarh:
After they took flight from Srinagar, the two the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft were photographed over Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh.
Aerial Salute by #Airwarriors to #CoronaWarriors
2XC-130 aircraft presented aerial salute to the #CovidWarriors over Dal Lake & Sukhna Lake.
Glimpses from Sukhna Lake.@SpokespersonMoD pic.twitter.com/FvFPOHVVNq— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) May 3, 2020
Floral tribute to police, security forces:
At the same time, an Indian Air Force chopper showered flower petals on the Police War Memorial in New Delhi to pay tribute to police officers keeping the law and order across the country in this time of crisis.
#IAF helicopter shower flower petals on the #PoliceWarMemorial as a mark of aerial salute to the #CoronaFighters & express gratitude to the police personnel on duty amid pandemic. #ArmedForcesSaluteCoronaWarriors #SwasthaBharat #MoDAgainstCorona #StayHomeIndia #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/5aUvszzEnk
— ADG (M&C) DPR (@SpokespersonMoD) May 3, 2020
Haryana:
Indian Air Force (IAF) choppers flew past the Panchkula Government hospital in Haryana while an Indian Army band performed underneath to express gratitude towards frontline workers.
#WATCH IAF chopper holds flypast over Government Hospital, Panchkula; Indian Army band performs outside the hospital to express gratitude towards medical professionals fighting #COVID19.#Panchkula pic.twitter.com/PKut0f3czf
— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2020
Floral tribute at AIIMS:
An IAF chopper showered flower petals over AIIMS, RML hospital and LNJP hospital in New Delhi on Sunday.
#WATCH IAF chopper showers flower petals on All India Institute of Medical Sciences to express gratitude and appreciation towards medical professionals fighting COVID19#Delhi pic.twitter.com/BLqaptSaDx
— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2020
Indian Army band pays tribute:
The Indian Army band was seen playing outside the Covid-19 quarantine centre in Delhi’s Narela on Sunday morning as a mark of respect for all frontline workers risking their lives to fight off the novel coronavirus outbreak.
#WATCH Indian Army band playing at the COVID19 quarantine centre in Delhi’s Narela pic.twitter.com/Vu9rc8aXLN
— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2020
The armed forces through various military gestures are saluting coronavirus warriors today. There are flypasts by fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) at multiple locations as announced earlier by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat Rawat.
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