The first of two VIRUS Microlite Aircraft allotted to the Air Squadron NCC arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here on Friday.
The aircraft took off from Ranchi and reached Bhubaneswar at 1 pm. The HQ DG NCC has allotted two VIRUS Aircraft to Air Sqn NCC in April 2022.
The aircraft covered a distance of 350 km from Ranchi to Bhubaneswar and was flown by Wing Commander Santosh Babu and Wing Commander Debashish Mangaraj.
The Air Squadron NCC will be the second operational in Odisha and is having a strength of 2,600 cadets in the western Odisha. The hangers are coming up at Jharsuguda and Bhawanipatna. In the interim, the aircraft will be parked and fly from Bhubaneswar. The long waited aspiration of NCC cadets of western Odisha will now be fulfilled and will give wings to their aspirations.
The Air Squadron NCC was raised on October 8, 2021 and induction of VIRUS Microlite Aircraft will fill up the inventory of Air Wing NCC in Odisha . The two Air Squadrons shall be effective in imparting training to Air NCC cadets of the entire Odisha.