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What does the elephant walk by the IAF means

The term Elephant walk dates back to the  WORLD WAR 2 when the large fleets of bombers had to take of for the bombing missions in europe and it included more t5han 1000 bomber aircrafts . Those who observed this said that the taxing of the aircraft from nose to tail configuration taking off in a single filed  looked like elephants walking in a field and from there the term elephant walk originated     The benefits of these exercises is that a airforce can show its strength of deploying maximum numbers of its aircrafts at a given point of time and this also depicts the bond of synergy between the airmen and the pilots of different squadrons in a air force  As advised by the Prime Minister of India to celebrate the 75 years of independence all around the country and as well as the armed forces the IAF has done its part and has payed its homage to the fallen heroes of India  both before and after the independence by conducting a massive elephant walk on its Ambala Air Force base which