IAF's new year greetings video rides high on patriotism, lauds air warriors

Summing up an average day in the life of an 'air warrior', the Air Force has tweeted a video paying tribute to men and women in uniform where Sukhoi-30s and Rafale jets are seen taking to skies. Among the myriad challenges faced by the security personnel, braving tough weather conditions and defying the enemy are just some of them, the video shows as the Air Force sends across wishes for New Year.

New Delhi:The India Air Force (IAF) extended new year greetings to the people with a video that rides high on emotion and patriotism, as it lauded the IAF's air warriors who guard the skies.

The nearly two-and-a-half-minute long video released on new year's eve by the IAF on Twitter has already clocked over 14,000 views, nearly 5,100 likes and more than 1000 retweets.

The video, filled with powerful visuals, begins with a poetic narration in Hindi, amplified in its appeal with energising music. The opening line praises the 'profound patriotism' coursing through the veins of IAF warriors which can even 'dwarf storms and tempests'.

An air warrior wears a 'smile filled with pride', and a 'resolve to defeat the enemy', the narrator says in the video.

"I'm a warrior of the IAF, beating death is in my nature," says the narrator, underlining the bravery of the air warrior who guards the skies day and night.

The IAF's motto is 'Nabhah Sparsham Diptam!' (Touch the Sky with Glory!) and the air warrior 'flies like an eagle', the video states.

The clip contains footage of operations undertaken by the IAF in the past, and the background score heightens the patriotic content.

"An IAF warrior dreams to born the same in the next life," the narrator says at the end of the video, as an airman salutes a flying jet.

"Indian Air Force wishes all a very Happy New Year 2020," the IAF tweeted with the video.