Rajnath Singh meets newly commissioned IAF officers

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met newly commissioned officers of the 217th Course at the Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad, on 13 June 2026. Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh was also present at the ceremony.

Newly commissioned officers of the 217th Course performed the march past at the Combined Graduation Parade held at the Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad, on 13 June 2026.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presented the President's Plaque to a woman officer at the Combined Graduation Parade of the 217th Course, Air Force Academy, Dundigal, on 13 June 2026.

At the Combined Graduation Parade of the 217th Course in Dundigal, Hyderabad, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conferred the President's Plaque upon a woman officer on 13 June 2026.

A woman officer was honoured with the President's Plaque — one of the highest distinctions at the Air Force Academy — by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the 217th Course Combined Graduation Parade in Dundigal on 13 June 2026.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pinned the flying wings on a newly commissioned officer at the 217th Course Combined Graduation Parade, Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad, on 13 June 2026.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh posed for a group photograph with senior officials and newly commissioned officers of the 217th Course at Air Force Academy, Dundigal, on 13 June 2026.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the Combined Graduation Parade of the 217th Course at Air Force Academy, Dundigal, during which 231 flight cadets were commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 13 June 2026.

At Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inspected the 217th Course Combined Graduation Parade on 13 June 2026, marking the induction of 231 flight cadets into the Indian Air Force.

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