According to the Indian Air Force, capable of carrying multiple such platforms, the combat capabilities of C-17 aircraft will be further enhanced in its varied missions to air-deliver critical loads to troops on the ground.
"Today, a C-17 aircraft of the #IAF got airborne for Sudan carrying 24,000 kg of relief material. On its return journey, the aircraft will bring back approximately 150 stranded Indians," IAF said in a tweet.
Rzeszow [Poland], March 7 (ANI): Harjot Singh, the Indian student who was shot at and injured in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is being flown back to India on an Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft as part of the Central government's evacuation programme "Operation Ganga".
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 5 (ANI): Indian Air Force's (IAF) C-17 aircraft carrying 210 Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine reached the Hindon airbase on Friday.
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): Three more Indian Air Force's C-17 aircraft returned to Hindan airbase late last night and early morning today carrying 630 Indian nationals from Ukraine, using airfields in Romania and Hungary under Operation Ganga.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 4 (ANI): Indian Air Force's C-17 aircraft carrying 210 Indian citizens from Ukraine reached the Hindon airbase near Delhi on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): First four Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft under Operation Ganga evacuated 798 Indian nationals using airspace of Romania, Hungary and Poland and supplied 9.7 tons of relief material.
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Three more Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 aircraft have taken off for Romania, Hungary, and Poland on Thursday to evacuate the stranded Indian nationals amid the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 3 (ANI): Third Indian Air Force's C-17 aircraft carrying 208 Indian citizens from Ukraine landed at Hindon airbase near Delhi from Rzeszow in Poland on Thursday.
Rzeszow [Poland], March 3 (ANI): The C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) carrying 208 Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine left for Delhi from Poland's Rzeszow on Wednesday (local time) under Operation Ganga.
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): The first Indian Air Force C-17, a heavy-lift transport aircraft that went to Romania to bring back Indian students from Ukraine, would be landing at the Hindan airbase at 1.30 am on Thursday.