Question: Where did the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Standard to 119 Helicopter Unit and Colours to 28 Equipment Depot of Indian Air Force?
(a) Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)
(b) Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
(c) Jamnagar (Gujarat)
(d) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- On 4 March 2016 the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Standard to 119 Helicopter Unit and Colours to 28 Equipment Depot of Indian Air Force at Jamnagar, Gujarat.
- Air Force Station Jamnagar is Sone of the oldest and premier air bases of the Indian Air Force.
- 119 Helicopter Unitwas raised in Guwahati in Mar 1972 as ‘Angels of Mercy ‘with Mi-8 helicopters.
- In the initial years of its formation, the Unit flew extensively in support of counter insurgency operations in Nagaland and ‘Op Falcon’ in Arunachal Pradesh.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137317
http://presidentofindia.nic.in/speeches-detail.htm?497