In a primary, a C-130J plane of the Indian Air Power not too long ago carried out an evening touchdown at Kargil airstrip in a landmark feat.
Sharing the video of the night time touchdown on X, the Indian Air Power stated, “In a primary, an IAF C-130 J plane not too long ago carried out an evening touchdown on the Kargil airstrip. Using terrain masking enroute, the train additionally dovetailed a coaching mission of the Garuds.”
No different particulars had been offered by the IAF in regards to the coaching mission.
Final month, the IAF efficiently test-fired its in-house designed and developed Floor to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) air defence missile system. SAMAR was developed by the IAF utilizing its outdated Russian-origin air-to-air missile techniques.
In a primary, an IAF C-130 J plane not too long ago carried out an evening touchdown on the Kargil airstrip. Using terrain masking enroute, the train additionally dovetailed a coaching mission of the Garuds.#SakshamSashaktAtmanirbhar pic.twitter.com/MNwLzaQDz7
— Indian Air Power (@IAF_MCC) January 7, 2024
The missile system was a part of the AstraShakti-2023 for the primary time to check its surface-to-air weapon techniques and perform its operational subject trials.
“The Indian Air Power has carried out the profitable firing trials of its in-house designed and developed SAMAR air defence missile system throughout train AstraShakti-2023 at Air Power Station Suryalanka held not too long ago. The air defence system ‘SAMAR’ (surface-to-air missile for assured retaliation) has been developed by a unit beneath the IAF’s Upkeep Command,” the IAF officers stated on December 17.
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As per the officers, the missile system efficiently achieved firing trial aims in several engagement situations.
Earlier in Decemeber, the Indian Air ForceC-130J ‘Tremendous Hercules’ plane carried out a precision airdrop of fight troops in addition to specialised warfighting gear within the northeastern sector.
The IAF carried out the operation through the Indo-US joint train Vajra Prahar 2023.