The Defence Minister undertook a sortie in IAF’s frontline combat jet Sukhoi-30 MKI on Wednesday. 1/6 Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman before flying in an IAF's Sukhoi-30 MKI plane, in Jodhpur. (PTI) 2/6 Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman boards IAF's Sukhoi-30 MKI plane for the sortie. (PTI) 3/6 Prior to the sortie, the minister was briefed by the pilot. (Twitter) 4/6 Wearing the pilot’s G-suit, the 58-year old Sitharaman sat in the rear seat behind the pilot in the cockpit of IAF’s frontline combat. (PTI) 5/6 The Defence Minister waves from the cock-pit of IAF's Sukhoi-30 MKI plane before taking off for the sortie. (PTI) 6/6 The country's first woman defence minister described the 30-minute sortie as "wonderful". (PTI) First Published on Jan 17, 2018 05:07 pm