88th Air Force Day celebrated in Sainik School Balachadi Jamnagar
88th Air Force Day celebrated in Sainik School Balachadi, Jamnagar on 08 Oct 2020. On this occasion a ‘Bicycle Rally’ was organized in which Officers, staff and family members successfully completed a distance of 14 kms. Later on the day, a webinar on the topic – “Why I want to be an Air Force Officer?” was conducted in school and was presented by Class XI Cadets through video conference. Motivational videos on Indian Air Force were also shown. As a part of Air Force Day celebration, fighter aircraft model making competition was organized for all the Cadets in two categories, class VI to VIII and class IX to XII. Cadets prepared the models of various fighter aircrafts by using materials like clay, cotton, mud, cardboard, wires, paper etc. In the category of class VI to VIII, Cadet Anshu Kumar and Cadet Md Sahil secured first and second position respectively while third position shared by two Cadets- Kaushik Das and Anjo Palmattam. Whereas in another category of class IX to XII, Cadet Neel Patel, Cadet Shivam Singh and Cadet Jil Kumar secured first, second and third position respectively. While a special price was announced for the Cadet Atharva Shah of class IX for making an aircraft model from Carrot.
Speaking on the occasion, Gp Capt Ravinder Singh, Principal, Sainik School Balachadi wished and conveyed his heartiest congratulations to each and every one. During his speech the Chief Guest highlighted the origin and significance of Indian Air Force and informed about various aircrafts. He motivated Cadets to join defence services and serve the nation. He shared that thrill and adventure attained through Indian Air Force is unparalleled to any other service.