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The Indian Air Force (IAF) dropped astatine slightest 12,000 litres of h2o to combat wood fires successful the Lohit Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, operating astatine astir 9,500 feet successful the rarefied Himalayan air.
The IAF deployed Mi-17V5 helicopters for the operation, which progressive challenging conditions astatine precocious altitude. In a station shared connected X connected Thursday (January 29, 2026), IAF wrote, “Battling wood fires astatine astir 9,500 feet successful Arunachal Pradesh’s Lohit Valley. IAF Mi-17V5 helicopters dropped 12,000 litres of h2o successful the rarefied Himalayan air, showcasing exceptional courage, precision and a committedness towards protecting lives and fragile ecosystems.”
This comes amid a bid of accelerated effect operations by the IAF. Earlier, successful a abstracted event, the unit swiftly deployed a squad of Air Traffic Control (ATC) unit on with indispensable method instrumentality from Air Force Station Lohegaon to Baramati Airport successful Maharashtra connected an urgent petition from the State Government, Defence officials said connected Wednesday (January 28).
Battling wood fires astatine astir 9,500 feet successful Arunachal Pradesh's Lohit Valley. #IAF Mi-17V5 helicopters dropped 12,000 litres of h2o successful the rarefied Himalayan air, showcasing exceptional courage, precision and a committedness towards protecting lives and fragile ecosystems.… pic.twitter.com/5SXBm7M5he
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) January 29, 2026The squad promptly established exigency ATC services, including connection and different indispensable facilities, successful coordination with the section medication to enactment harmless and businesslike aerial postulation management, they added.
In an X post, the IAF stated that a dedicated squad of Air Warriors was deployed astatine the urgent petition of civic authorities pursuing a level clang astatine Baramati Airport. The unit are providing basal ATC and Meteorological services to guarantee harmless aerial operations.
“In effect to the civic authorities’ urgent petition aft the tragic craft clang astatine Baramati Airport, the Indian Air Force has swiftly deployed a dedicated squad of Air Warriors. They are providing indispensable basal Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Meteorological services to enactment harmless aerial operations from the site. This accelerated assistance underscores IAF’s committedness to nationalist work successful times of need,” the IAF wrote.
The Baramati deployment followed the tragic decease of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar successful the clang landing of a charter level successful the territory connected Thursday (January 29) morning.
