COIMBATORE (PTI): Induction of BRAHMOS air version and C-17 aircraft would form a part of major expansion of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in 2013, Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne has said.
The first C-17 Globemaster aircraft would reach India by June, 2013 and would be mainly utilised for strategic lifting and transport of goods and troops, besides humanitarian relief works, Browne told reporters at the Sulur air force station on Tuesday.
The Government has ordered 10 such heavy-lift military aircraft which would be based at Hindon. The entire lot was expected to be delivered by 2015, he said.
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