New Delhi, May 23: In yet another significant milestone, an Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J aircraft carried out a successful night vision goggles-aided landing at an Advanced Landing Ground in the Eastern sector. Earlier this year, an IAF C-130 J aircraft carried out a night landing at the Kargil airstrip by employing a terrain masking enroute in an exercise that also dovetailed a training mission of the Garud commandos. According to the Ministry of Defence, IAF’s C-130J is a medium-sized, all-weather transport aircraft capable of inter-theatre and intra-theatre airlift operations.
It is capable of delivering combat troops, personnel or cargo by airdrop or air-landed operations. IAF has significantly enhanced the night operational capability of the aircraft by procuring the latest generation of night vision goggles. BILKULONLINE Chennai, May 23 : Tamil Nadu forest department has begun undertaking a massive synchronised survey of elephants in coordination.
