According to Navika Gupta, the President's deputy press secretary, this was done as part of the government's commemoration of 75th anniversary of independence.
The IAF Sarang helicopter aerobatics team is one of the few such display teams in the world and performs dangerous coordinated stunts in India and abroad.
The Republic Day celebrations this year will take place on the revamped Central Vista avenue, and the government has put 32,000 tickets on sale online for the masses, defence ministry officials said on Wednesday.For the first time, all official invites for the ceremonial event will be sent online, they said.