Air Force Rescue Operation

The Indian Air Force's Chinook and Mi-17 helicopters today joined the rescue operations in Uttarakhand to evacuate pilgrims still stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath.

At least 19 people were killed in a massive landslide at Churalpara in Kerala's Wayanad on Tuesday and around 400 families are trapped in a few areas in and around the affected areas.

In the wake of severe flooding in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, two major operations have successfully saved lives. In Assam alone, over 6.5 lakh people are reeling from severe flooding across 19 districts.

Sarang, the Indian Air Forces' helicopter air display team initially formed and raised as a three-chopper display team, has now joined the rescue operations in flood-hit Tamil Nadu.

A day after they were rescued from the tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days, 41 construction workers have been airlifted in an Indian Air Force Chinook and are being taken to AIIMS in Rishikesh.

The Indian Air Force has deployed the twin-rotor heavy lift Chinook helicopter on standby at an airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel.

Amid rescue operations underway in Uttarakhand at the Silkyara tunnel site, a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force has been deployed to airlift almost 22 tonnes of critical equipment from Indore to Dehradun, officials said on Friday.

The body of a 39-year-old missing Italian trekker was found while an injured mountaineer was rescued in a separate operation by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Ladakh, officials said on Sunday.

In a complex underslung operation at 11,500 feet, a Mi-17 V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force successfully airlifted a stranded civilian helicopter from the Panchtarni helipad near the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday rescued two injured civilians from Thajiwas Glacier in Kashmir's Sonamarg area, a defence spokesman said here.

The Indian Air Force assets are in operational readiness for relief and rescue work that would follow the landfall of cyclone 'Biparjoy', the IAF said on Thursday.

India on Friday wrapped up 'Operation Kaveri', launched to rescue its nationals stranded in crisis-hit Sudan, with the transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force making its final flight to bring 47 passengers home.

In a tactical overnight operation, the Indian Air Force flew non-stop from the Hindon airbase near Delhi to Saudi Arabia on May 3 to rescue some of its last stranded citizens from war-hit Sudan.

The Indian Air Force conducted a daring night operation by flying in blind to rescue 121 people from a small airstrip in violence-hit Sudan last night.

A C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday brought back home 392 people as part of the government's mission to evacuate stranded Indians from strife-torn Sudan.

The Indian Air Force's Chinook and Mi-17 helicopters today joined the rescue operations in Uttarakhand to evacuate pilgrims still stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath.

At least 19 people were killed in a massive landslide at Churalpara in Kerala's Wayanad on Tuesday and around 400 families are trapped in a few areas in and around the affected areas.

In the wake of severe flooding in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, two major operations have successfully saved lives. In Assam alone, over 6.5 lakh people are reeling from severe flooding across 19 districts.

Sarang, the Indian Air Forces' helicopter air display team initially formed and raised as a three-chopper display team, has now joined the rescue operations in flood-hit Tamil Nadu.

A day after they were rescued from the tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days, 41 construction workers have been airlifted in an Indian Air Force Chinook and are being taken to AIIMS in Rishikesh.

The Indian Air Force has deployed the twin-rotor heavy lift Chinook helicopter on standby at an airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel.

Amid rescue operations underway in Uttarakhand at the Silkyara tunnel site, a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force has been deployed to airlift almost 22 tonnes of critical equipment from Indore to Dehradun, officials said on Friday.

The body of a 39-year-old missing Italian trekker was found while an injured mountaineer was rescued in a separate operation by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Ladakh, officials said on Sunday.

In a complex underslung operation at 11,500 feet, a Mi-17 V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force successfully airlifted a stranded civilian helicopter from the Panchtarni helipad near the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday rescued two injured civilians from Thajiwas Glacier in Kashmir's Sonamarg area, a defence spokesman said here.

The Indian Air Force assets are in operational readiness for relief and rescue work that would follow the landfall of cyclone 'Biparjoy', the IAF said on Thursday.

India on Friday wrapped up 'Operation Kaveri', launched to rescue its nationals stranded in crisis-hit Sudan, with the transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force making its final flight to bring 47 passengers home.

In a tactical overnight operation, the Indian Air Force flew non-stop from the Hindon airbase near Delhi to Saudi Arabia on May 3 to rescue some of its last stranded citizens from war-hit Sudan.

The Indian Air Force conducted a daring night operation by flying in blind to rescue 121 people from a small airstrip in violence-hit Sudan last night.

A C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday brought back home 392 people as part of the government's mission to evacuate stranded Indians from strife-torn Sudan.