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IAF's Fleet Of Heavy-Lift Aircraft Complete Over A Thousand Sorties To Support National Efforts Against COVID-19
The C-17 Globemaster of the Indian Air Force carried out a historic landing at Tuting advanced landing ground in Arunachal Pradesh on March 13, 2018. (pic via Twitter)
In a bid to bolster the national capacity to cope against the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Indian Air Force (IAF)’s heavy-lift aircraft like C-17 Globemaster-III and Ilyushin-76 have now performed over thousand sorties to transport cryogenic containers and medical equipment from abroad, as well as within the country, reports Times of India.
It should be noted that the figure does not even include the numerous sorties undertaken by IAF’s medium-lift transport aircraft like C-130J Super Hercules and Antonov-32.
The IAF has been playing a major role in helping the nation plug the gaps in the supply chain and logistics involved in the movement of medical oxygen.
