Jodhpur, January 17: Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman undertook a sortie on a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet. The first female Defense Minister of India is the second Indian woman leader to take such journey. To understand various defense operations from a close distance, she has spent a lot of time travelling to Army, Air Force and Navy bases.
“Very proud and thankful that I’ve gone through this experience because it actually tells me with what rigor, practice, what level of readiness and how quickly they (defence personnel) have to respond to situations. It was eye-opening and memorable,” said Sitharaman after the sortie.