<p>Fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday performed breathtaking touch-and-go landings on a stretch of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway&nbsp;showing that highways can be used as landing strips in case of an emergency. Over a dozen IAF planes, <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/watch-indian-air-force-c-130-plane-lands-on-lucknow-agra-expressway-22795">including Mirage-2000 fighters and Sukhoi 30s</a>, besides 35,000 kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, took part in the exercise near Bangarmau in the district, about 65 km from Lucknow.&nbsp;</p>

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	<li>This is the<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/watch-indian-air-force-c-130-plane-lands-on-lucknow-agra-expressway-22795"> Indian Air Force&#39;s first official touchdown exercise </a>on the expressway, which was inaugurated in November, 2016.</li>
	<li>It was carried out to&nbsp;hone pilots&#39; skills on public roads in case of a war-like emergency. 20 IAF aircraft (both fighter and transport) participated the touch-and-go manoeuvre on the expressway.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>It is for the first time any transport aircraft landed and then took&nbsp;off from the expressway.</li>
	<li>The main attraction of the exercise was the Super Hercules C-130J, aka military transport aircraft. IAF has six US-made Hercules transport aircraft at present.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>A Mirage-2000 had landed on the Yamuna Expressway near Delhi for the first time in 2015.</li>
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The exercise, a rehearsal for the defence forces, took place near Bangarmau in Unnao.?

Fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday performed breathtaking touch-and-go landings on a stretch of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway showing that highways can be used as landing strips in case of an emergency. Over a dozen IAF planes, including Mirage-2000 fighters and Sukhoi 30s, besides 35,000 kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, took part in the exercise near Bangarmau in the district, about 65 km from Lucknow. This is the Indian Air Force's first official touchdown exercise on the expressway, which was inaugurated in November, 2016. It was carried out to hone pilots' skills on public roads in case of a war-like emergency. 20 IAF aircraft (both fighter and transport) participated the touch-and-go manoeuvre on the expressway. It is for the first time any transport aircraft landed and then took off from the expressway. The main attraction of the exercise was the Super Hercules C-130J, aka military transport aircraft. IAF has six US-made Hercules transport aircraft at present. A Mirage-2000 had landed on the Yamuna Expressway near Delhi for the first time in 2015.

Five things we learnt from IAF's exercise on Lucknow-Agra Expressway

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Five things we learnt from IAF's exercise on Lucknow-Agra Expressway