Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel, part of a UN Peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), listen to the Officer-in-Charge during the flag-off ceremony at Air Force station in New Delhi on Thursday, 18 June 2009. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is sending an air force contingent to the Congo, comprising of 285 IAF personnel, who will operate six Mi-17 transport helicopters and four Mi-35 helicopter gunships from Bukavu in the eastern DRC.

Photographer: A Sarthak

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