Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance, Air Marshal KM Rama Sundara interacting with the air-warriors during ‘flag-off’ event held before their departure at Air Force Station Palam, 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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