{"id":110187,"date":"2017-11-12T04:53:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T04:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=110187"},"modified":"2017-11-12T04:53:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T04:53:41","slug":"award-presidents-standard-colours-16-nov-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/110187","title":{"rendered":"Award of President\u2019s Standard and Colours on 16 Nov 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jalandhar, Nov. 11 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The Hon\u2019ble President of India and the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, Shri Ram Nath Kovind would be awarding the prestigious President\u2019s Standard to 223 Squadron and 117 Helicopter\u00a0 Unit during a ceremonial parade scheduled to be held at Air Force Station Adampur on 16 Nov 17. The Commanding Officer of\u00a0 223 Squadron, Group Captain Prabhat Malik and Commanding Officer of 117 Helicopter\u00a0 Unit, Wg Cdr N Batra will receive the President\u2019s Standard. The President will also release a First Day Cover of 223 Squadron and 117 Helicopter Unit during the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Operational outfits of IAF become eligible for award of President\u2019s Standard on completion of 18 years.\u00a0 The selection is based on their performance and achievements, both during peace and hostilities. This honour is an acknowledgment of the meritorious service rendered by the selected units. The President\u2019s Standard is a visible symbol of excellence and has been earned by these Units through their dedication and worthy contributions both during peace and war. The Presidential award marks and epitomizes the hard work, valour and sacrifice of all the personnel posted to these units since their inception. It is a befitting recognition of their selfless service dedicated to the nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal C Hari Kumar Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Air Command alongwith other dignitaries would also witness the ceremony. Retired Air Warriors and previous Commanding Officers of both the recipient units are also invited for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Various dignitaries expected to grace the President\u2019s Standard Presentation Ceremony on 16 Nov 17 are the Governor of Punjab, Chief Minister of Punjab and Senior Government Officials from Punjab Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jalandhar, Nov. 11 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The Hon\u2019ble President of India and the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, Shri Ram Nath Kovind would be awarding the prestigious President\u2019s Standard to 223 Squadron and 117 Helicopter\u00a0 Unit during a ceremonial parade scheduled to be held at Air Force Station Adampur on 16 Nov 17. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Award of President\u2019s Standard and Colours on 16 Nov 2017 | Punjab Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/110187\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Award of President\u2019s Standard and Colours on 16 Nov 2017 | Punjab Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jalandhar, Nov. 11 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; 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