The country's first woman defence minister described the 30-minute sortie as "wonderful".
Wearing the pilots G-suit, the 58-year old Sitharaman sat in the rear seat behind the pilot in the cockpit of IAFs frontline combat jet which took off from the Jodhpur air base.
The plane flew towards the west of Jodhpur, sources said.
Prior to the sortie, the minister was briefed by the pilot. She also familiarised herself with the formidable fighter jet and its cockpit.
Earlier Sitharaman met IAF personnel at the air force station and reviewed the operational and combat preparedness of the force, the sources said.
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