Indian Air Force Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Friday flew a sortie on a Rafale fighter jet with his son – Squadron Leader Mihir V Chaudhari – as a part of a three-aircraft combat training mission from the IAF base in Bengal’s Hasimara. The IAF said the sortie is a ‘continuation of the finest traditions of the IAF’ and that it ‘underlines the importance accorded to grooming and preparing young leaders for the challenges of the future’.