Chandigarh, 21,09,17-: Cadets of NCC Airwing representing Chandigarh Group were felicitated for their achievements in the PreVayuSena camp 2017 at NCC Complex, Sector 31, on Thursday. The competition was held in Ropar between 11-20 Sep 2017, where 128 senior wing cadets from 08 NCC groups of Pb,Har,HP&ChdDirectorate participated.

16 Air cadets (10 boys and 6 girls) were selected torepresent Chandigarh state. Group commander of NCC group Chandigarh Brigadier R S Thakur felicitated the cadets.

Activities like 0.22 rifleShooting, Aero modeling, Remote Control flying,Drill and Skeet shootingwere held to gauge the cadets' proficiency during the competitions. A total of 13 medals (06 Gold, 04 Silver & 03 Bronze) were bagged by the Chandigarh Air Cadets for their ranking in various fields. Cadet Shiva Vasan won Gold in Remote Control Flying& Cadet RitikBhardwaj won Gold Medal in Control Line Flying,Cadet Ankita Singh & Cadet Sanjay Thakur won gold medal in .22 Rifle Shooting, Cadet Sania Thakur won Gold in Skeet Shooting."Cadets reported a tough competition but their determination kept them moving forward. Team effort and training helped them achieve success in the various competitions," said Wing Commander H S Pannu.

Cadets were hand-picked and trained under the guidance of Wing Commander H S Pannu, Mr Daman, AMI and staff from No.1 Chandigarh air squadron.Cadets were awarded medals and merit certificates for their achievements. "It feels great to participate and win and we are going to leave no stone unturned towards training of cadets to do better  in All India VayuSainik Camp planned to be held at Jodhpur from 23 Oct 17," said Wing Commander M R Pandeya, Commanding Officer, NO. 1 Chandigarh Air Sqn NCC.