Indian Air Force To Induct Sixth C-17 Globemaster Heavylift Transport Aircraft On Monday

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Indian Air Force To Induct Sixth C-17 Globemaster Transport Aircraft On Monday

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The Indian Air Force will induct its sixth C-17 Globemaster heavylift transport aircraft on Monday at the Palam air base, PTI reported.

India had signed a deal for procuring 10 C-17 aircraft from the US under a deal worth around Rs 24,000 crore for augmenting its capability to supply loads and troops to the border areas.

The sixth aircraft would be inducted in presence of Defense Minister Arun Jaitley, IAF officials said.

Jaitley would be given a tour inside the aircraft and would be also briefed about the capabilities of the plane.

The IAF has based the aircraft at the Hindan air base near here in Ghaziabad and has flown it extensively across the country in the last seven-eight months of its induction into operational service.

Indian Air Force To Induct Sixth C-17 Globemaster Helicopter On Monday

Vintage plane used by IAF headed for Delhi ​

When this C-17 Globemaster-III touches down in New Delhi on July 28, there will be a surprise package in the gigantic aircraft's belly. The state-of-the-art strategic airlift aircraft will regurgitate a vintage plane onto the tarmac at Palam. It will be carrying a restored T-6G Harvard plane that was used by IAF to train its rookie pilots in the 1950s and 1960s.​

Read more at:
Vintage plane used by IAF headed for Delhi - The Economic Times

 

[doremon]

title globemaster helicopter....

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

title globemaster helicopter....

Sorry I copied the title it from the website - Indian Air Force To Induct Sixth C-17 Globemaster Helicopter On Monday

 

[he-man]

helicopter.............

 

[indoPunjabi]

Rotor-less fixed wing helicopter

 

[trident2010]

Mean machine !!
US has 223 of them and in the second place it will be IAF with 10 of these babies

 

[Sam Manekshaw]

Awesome increase in our strategic lift capabilities... More 10 i.e overall 20 will be good and equally distributed between Pakistan and china border.

 

[Koovie]

Mean machine !!
US has 223 of them and in the second place it will be IAF with 10 of these babies

No other country has logistical capabilities which come close to the USA.

BTW, our airlift capability is one of the strongest in Asia.

 

[Abingdonboy]

No other country has logistical capabilities which come close to the USA.

BTW, our airlift capability is one of the strongest in Asia.

In Asia it is pretty tight between India and China in terms of airlift capability (the high end especially) and both nations are set to augment them further.

 

[Badbadman]

223. God save America

 

[kaykay]

massive increase in our strategic airlift capability.í ¼í½»í ½í±

 

[sancho]

No other country has logistical capabilities which come close to the USA.

BTW, our airlift capability is one of the strongest in Asia.

I would say Russia and China are ahead of and they have far more importance for such aircrafts of course, while our strategic need is very limited.

 

[Sam Manekshaw]

I would say Russia and China are ahead of and they have far more importance for such aircrafts of course, while our strategic need is very limited.

But considering our less connectivity in North it is of high importance.

 

[ni8mare]

aa gayi kiya?

 

[sancho]

But considering our less connectivity in North it is of high importance.

Which is a niche within the transport capability, but not accounts to strategic transport to long ranges, see the first landing of C130j at Daulat Beg Oldie.