Operation Hercules: IAF, Indian Army conduct airlift exercise in Northern Sector

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force and Indian Army conducted a major joint airlift exercise on Wednesday with the aim of strengthening logistics supply in the Northern Sector, which includes the border with Pakistan and China. The exercise was named ‘Operation Hercules’.

The Ministry of Defence in its statement said, “The effort was a real-time demonstration of the inherent heavy lift capability of the Indian Air Force, which has played a major role in ensuring the ability to quickly respond to any contingency during the past.”