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| | Republic Day awards(January 26, 1999), Indian Airforce |
 | | Contingents of the Army equipped with 5.56 Insas rifles marched past as two indigenously developed missiles, Agni and Prithvi, and three missiles under development, Trishul, Akash and Nag were put on display together for the first time. |
 | | The Navy band, which has performed at the bicentennial celebrations of the Statue of Liberty in the USA and Coronation of the Queen in the United Kingdom, led the Naval contingents at Rajpath. |
 | | Three Camov helicopters (christened Eagle) flew in a 'Vic' formation over the Navy entourage as replicas of the famous aircraft carrier 'Vikrant', the grand old lady of the Navy, and submarine 'Sindhu Rakshak', the latest induction into the frontline squadron, passed by. |
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