kg bombs or 68 mm sneb rocket besides the 762 mm gun if you look at blue angels of the united states who use an f16 what the audience get to see is a few seconds because they are fast whereas we get enough time to manoeuver in the air and in bargain keep the audience thrilled much more than fighter aircraft said ashwin a move very similar to the kites when we go up in the air we are as anxious and careful as a new comer as even the smallest error could be your last is how wing commander prajwal singh one of the surya kiran team members sums up the challenges they face in the air though surya kiran performs fixed manoeuvers they will break into different variations and perform twice a day as the air show is thrown open to visitors during weekends but i envy the red bulls when they pull off a negative loopapart the men in the red and white aircraft displayed aerial artistry almost within kissing range of the sun its no joke to carry off these stunts with such precision that was very special for us he said it took them close to one month of rigorous practise stretching up to six hours every day to perfect these stunts its a great feeling to paint the sky with the indian tricolour from that we consider flying these aircraft to be an advantage for the team which kept the bangalore crowd on the edge being on the edge is also a hobby we literally formed iaf in the sky the kiran mkii is modified with global positioning system and transponder system it takes three hours per sortie and all of us have to do it in sync yadov added although the demand to be in the team is high only two men make it the surya kiran cockpit every three years