Indian Air Force steps up efforts to airlift oxygen containers

Amid the prevailing coronavirus disaster within the nation, the India Air Force (IAF) on Sunday airlifted 4 containers of cryogenic oxygen from Pune to be refilled at Jamnagar. It additionally airlifted seven containers from Gwalior and Bhopal to Ranchi, and two from Hindan to Ranchi.
The IAF has stepped up its efforts to help the civil administration by transporting oxygen containers and medical provides required within the combat towards the pandemic.
An IAF C-17 airlifted Zeolite, a uncooked materials required for the manufacturing of respiratory oxygen uncooked materials, from Frankfurt to Mumbai. Two different C-17s have been within the strategy of bringing two Oxygen Generators from Bordeaux in France to Hindan Airbase and Oxygen Concentrators and Respirators from Israel to Hindan Airbase. Two Indian Air Force IL-76s airlifted 4 cryogenic oxygen containers from Jakarta, Indonesia, and landed at Vizag, officers mentioned.

Other C-17s have been within the strategy of bringing 4 cryogenic oxygen containers from Vijayawada to Bhubaneswar, six from Chandigarh to Ranchi, two from Agra to Jamnagar, two from Hindan to Bhubaneswar, six from Hyderabad to Bhubaneswar and two from Jodhpur to Jamnagar.
As per the info shared by the IAF on Sunday afternoon, its transport belongings have performed a complete of 54 and 435 worldwide and home sorties for transport of near a complete of 400 cryogenic oxygen tankers. Further, 16 worldwide and 116 home extra sorties have been performed for flying medical gear personnel.