President Pratibha Patil Tuesday honoured two premier combat units of the Indian Air Force at a ceremony at the Jodhpur airbase.

She conferred the presidential standards to the 49 squadron and 107 helicopter unit.

'These two units have put in tremendous effort ... in pursuit of excellence and set an example for others,' Patil said. A fly past by MiG-21, Jaguar, SU-30 jets enthralled the audience at the ceremony.