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Indian Air Force (IAF)

Indian Air Force (IAF) in its recent demonstration of its ‘rapid airlift capability’ during war and natural disasters airlifted a record 463 tonnes of load from Chandigarh to airfields and drop zones in the Ladakh region in a single wave.

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Why is it in news?

  • Indian Air Force (IAF) in its recent demonstration of its ‘rapid airlift capability’ during war and natural disasters airlifted a record 463 tonnes of load from Chandigarh to airfields and drop zones in the Ladakh region in a single wave.
  • This assumes greater significance in short and intense wars, disaster management.

IAF

  • Western Air Command (WAC)-
    1. Responsibility- The WAC is entrusted with the maintenance of the entire northern region of the country.
    2. Major operations handled by WAC are- Kashmir Operations 1947-48, Sino-Indian Conflict 1962, Indo-Pak War 1965, Indo-Pak War 1971, Operation Pawan 1986 (Sri Lanka) and Operation Safed Sagar 1999 (Kargil). 
Basics –
(1)   Organisation Set up-
  • Indian Air Force is headquartered in New Delhi.
  • For effective command and control, the IAF has seven command, under which there are different stations and units located at various places throughout the country.
  • Quarter of aster-
    1. Western Air Command
    2. Eastern Air Command
    3. Central Air Command
    4. South Western Air Command
    5. Southern Air Command
    6. Training Command
    7. Maintenance Command

Source

The Hindu, Indianairforce
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