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Joining the fleet is the moderate-life transport aircraft AN 32, and the heavy-lift transport ones like IL 76, C-130, and C-17 that ferry relief and rescue teams from across the country. Shift in focusThe focus is now slowly shifting to relief from rescue, say the IAF personnel. Now, it is mostly ferrying of relief materials,” they say. Work begins at the air force station at 6.20 a.m.
when the first flight gets ready for its sortie. “At first, the transport would mostly be of NDRF and other rescue teams, who would bring in their equipment and off-load themselves..