Allahabad: The Indian Air Force, on Friday morning, showed its might and expertise at the airfield of IAF at Phaphamau when the huge C130 Hercules of the IAF landed at the airstrip, which was not in use since the II World War.
The aircraft, which took off from Delhi, reached Phaphamau at around 9 am. The forces showed how this aircraft can be landed anywhere and help evacuation of large number of men in case of any eventuality.
A crisis was created at the airfield wherein as Hercules landed at the airstrip, the injured, who were undergoing treatment by the doctors of the forces in the tents around the airfield, were quickly shifted inside the aircraft. The idea was to meet out any challenge of mass causality like if the main airstrip of Bamrauli is bombarded, this airstrip, which is lying abandoned for several decades, can be made functional and aircraft like C130 can land and evacuate the injured persons.
Talking to media, Air Vice Marshal, Rajesh Isser said, “The entire exercise of landing, picking up injured people and taking them to the nearest city, equipped with handling critically injured people is to create confidence among the masses that IAF is there for helping the country to meet out any eventuality”. The exercise is also helpful to show that IAF, and this airfield, in particular, could be of vital importance in view of mammoth religious gathering such as Kumbh, he added.
20/04/18 Rajiv Mani/Times of India
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The aircraft, which took off from Delhi, reached Phaphamau at around 9 am. The forces showed how this aircraft can be landed anywhere and help evacuation of large number of men in case of any eventuality.
A crisis was created at the airfield wherein as Hercules landed at the airstrip, the injured, who were undergoing treatment by the doctors of the forces in the tents around the airfield, were quickly shifted inside the aircraft. The idea was to meet out any challenge of mass causality like if the main airstrip of Bamrauli is bombarded, this airstrip, which is lying abandoned for several decades, can be made functional and aircraft like C130 can land and evacuate the injured persons.
Talking to media, Air Vice Marshal, Rajesh Isser said, “The entire exercise of landing, picking up injured people and taking them to the nearest city, equipped with handling critically injured people is to create confidence among the masses that IAF is there for helping the country to meet out any eventuality”. The exercise is also helpful to show that IAF, and this airfield, in particular, could be of vital importance in view of mammoth religious gathering such as Kumbh, he added.
20/04/18 Rajiv Mani/Times of India
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