Indian Air Force (IAF) concludes Operation in Yemen

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Indian Air Force (IAF) concludes Operation in Yemen - © Indian Defence Review

Consequent upon the Government of India issuing an advisory for Indian Nationals to leave Yemen, the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed heavy transport aircraft with alacrity, in support of evacuation operations.  In a well coordinated operation involving multi agencies, IAF deployed C-17 Globemaster-III aircraft in 12 shuttles from Djibouti to Mumbai and Kochi.  The operation successfully concluded on 10 April 2015.    During the entire operation which commenced on 01 April 2015 and concluded today, the IAF evacuated 2096 people.  The details of the entire operation successfully completed by the IAF are as follows :-

SL No. Flown From Flown To Date No. of People Evacuated

Total No. of people  evacuated

 1 Djibouti Kochi 01.4.2015 168

2096

2 Djibouti Mumbai 01.4.2015 190
3 Djibouti Mumbai 03.4.2015 334
4 Djibouti Mumbai 05.4.2015 225
5 Djibouti Mumbai 06.4.2015 229
6 Djibouti Mumbai 06.4.2015 175
7 Djibouti Mumbai 07.4.2015 223
8 Djibouti Kochi 08.4.2015 68
9 Kochi Mumbai 08.4.2015 150
10 Djibouti Mumbai 09.4.2015 177
11 Kochi Mumbai 09.4.2015 62
12 Djibouti Kochi 10.4.2015 95

 

It would be pertinent to note that transport aircraft  are being utilised extensively for Human Assistance Disaster Relief (HADR) operations. The Indian Air Force, after proving its mettle in bringing succour to scores of people after Jammu & Kashmir in September last year has once again risen to the occasion and added a pioneering chapter  in Disaster Relief by bringing home the Indians evacuated from Yemen. The Indian Air Force reaffirms its commitment towards Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations in support of the nation.

 

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