by: Navjeevan Express

Bicycle rally, webinar by students mark 88th Air Force Day at Sainik School Balachadi

NE NEWS SERVICE

AHMEDABAD, OCT 9

Bicycle rally, webinar by students, fighter aircraft making competitions marked the 88th Air Force Day celebrations at Sainik School Balachadi, Jamnagar on Thursday, a Defence release said.

Sainik School Balachadi, Jamnagar celebrated the 88th anniversary of Air Force Day on Thursday. On this occasion, a bicycle rally was organized in which officers, staff, and family members successfully completed a distance of 14 km, said School principal Group Captain Ravinder Singh.

Later on the day, a webinar on “Why I want to be an Air Force Officer?” was conducted by class XI cadets through video conference. Motivational videos on Indian Air Force were also shown.

As a part of the Air Force Day celebrations, a fighter aircraft model making competition was organized. Cadets prepared the models of various fighter aircraft by using materials like clay, cotton, mud, cardboard, wires, paper etc.

Wings of fire takes off at Sainik School, Balachadi. – NE photo

In category of class VI to VIII, Cadet Anshu Kumar and Cadet Md Sahil secured the first and second positions, respectively, while third position was shared by two Cadets-  Kaushik Das and Anjo Palmattam. Whereas in another category of class IX to XII, Cadet Neel Patel, Cadet Shivam Singh and Cadet Jil Kumar secured first, second and third positions, respectively. While special prize was announced for the Cadet Atharva Shah of class IX for making aircraft model from Carrot.

Speaking on the occasion, Group Captain Ravinder Singh wished and conveyed his heartiest congratulations to everyone.

During his speech, the Chief Guest highlighted the origin and significance of the Indian Air Force and informed about various aircraft. He motivated cadets to join the defence services and serve the nation.

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