Indian Air Force conducts ‘historic’ landing of C-17 Globemaster
The crew included Group Captain K Rama Rao, Wing Commander Amiya Kant Patnaik, Wing Commander K Trivedi and Sqn Ldr L Nayak.
The C 17 Globemaster of the Indian Air Force carried out a historic landing at Tuting advanced landing ground amidst the hills of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday.
The crew included Group Captain K Rama Rao, Wing Commander Amiya Kant Patnaik, Wing Commander K Trivedi and Sqn Ldr L Nayak.
The challenging airfield is in the midst of high hills in a narrow valley. The mammoth C17 Globemaster could execute this mission flawlessly owing to its agile manoeuvrability Superlative performance and the excellent flying skills of the pilots.
The giant aircraft is capable of carrying a payload of 40-70 tonnes up to a distance of 4,200-9,000 km in a single hop.After completion of the trial landing the C17 carried out an operational mission airlifting op load into the austere airfield.
The mission carried out today demonstrated C 17 aircraft’s operational performance and capability of tactical air mobility of IAF.
