Bhopal Gas tragedy to Covid — India can always count on IAF to step in during crises
AVM Manmohan Bahadur (retd)
The armed forces have been called in again to assist the civil administration in the Covid-19 crisis – they have performed before, and they will do it again this time too. The expertise, dedication, chain of command and control, and belief in leadership will carry them through. This brings to fore the impressive inherent capabilities for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, or HADR, that our forces possess; fulfilling India’s both internal and external needs, HADR is a major cog in military diplomacy. In this endeavour, the Indian Air Force is ideally suited where time and speed are of essence.