Chetak helicopters are not just machines, they touch people’s hearts and by being a versatile carrier in serving the country during times of war and peace, they give life, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the 60-year-old workhorse.
“We celebrate diamond jubilees of institutions and organisations, but here the Indian Air Force is celebrating diamond jubilee of a helicopter,” he said, likening the event to Ayudha Puja or worship of weapons, and while connecting it to another Chetak, the horse of Maharana Pratap in the Battle of Haldighati in 16th century.
