The IAF will unveil its new ensign at the annual Air Force Day parade at Prayagraj which will be attended by the Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and other officials.
C-295, India s first transport aircraft took off from Seville in Spain on September 15 and made three stopovers in Malta, Egypt and Bahrain before reaching Vadodara today.
In September last year, India sealed an over Rs 21,000 crore deal with Airbus Defence and Space to procure 56 C-295 aircraft to replace the ageing Avro-748 planes of the IAF.