From Sudan to Ukraine and Kashmir to Odisha, how IAF is ‘first to enter and last to leave’ a disaster site


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Two Indian Air Force (IAF) C 130 J aircraft are in Jeddah to evacuate Indian nationals from Sudan. Forty-two IAF transport aircraft were deployed in Covid relief operations. On 27 February 2020, 76 Indians and 36 foreign nationals were evacuated from Wuhan (China). The aircraft had also carried medical supplies as a symbol of goodwill to China. “The IAF aircraft has landed. Mission completed. On to the next” was tweeted by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, when an IAF’s C-17 Globemaster brought back 58 Indians from Iran on 10 March 2020. Two IAF C-17s land in Turkey with supplies, and...