Defense Minister A.K. Antony (R) and Commanding officer Tejbir Singh (L) gesture as they attend a ceremony for the first of the six C-130 J-30 Super Hercules, a US military aircraft manufactured by Lockheed Martin, to join the Indian Air Force fleet in Hindan airbase near the Indian capital on February 5, 2011. Antony handed over the keys of the aircraft to the commanding officer Tejbir Singh, as Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, US ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer and Chief of US Air Force General Norton A Schwartz also attended the event.

Photographer: A Sarthak

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