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Now, BSF Helicopters To Fly Jawans To Their Home

Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot An Afghan Mi-17 helicopter flown by Lt. Col. Bakhtullah, 377th Afghan Air Force Squadron commander, takes off for an air-assault training flight, May 29 from Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Bakhtullah and the squadron’s standardization officer, Maj. Farid, are participating in an air-assault planning certification course mentored by 10th Combat Aviation Brigade advisers in preparation to begin instructing their aviators in air mission planning procedures.

In a bid to prevent Pulwama-like terror attacks on the Indian Army and the CRPF jawans, the Home Ministry has finally given its nod to the Indian Army’s long-pending request to fly the soldiers to their home in helicopters. The Border Security Force (BSF) MI-17 choppers in Kashmir will be flying the jawans who will be visiting their home on leave.

The MHA’s new move is a measure to safeguarding the jawans from terrorist attacks, Magnetic IED and other explosions while they travel long distances to their homes across the country from Kashmir by road. The choppers will fly the jawans and officers thrice a week.

However, where the choppers will take off from the Jawans’ army bases in Kashmir, it is still unclear upto where they will be airdropped. Apparently, the BSF is planning to fly the jawans either till the Srinagar airport or Jammu airport. The latest move by the MHA comes nearly 2 years after the deadly terror attack on the CRPF jawans in South Kashmir’s Pulwama on February 14, 2019. The bomb blast claimed the lives of 40 soldiers.

This post was last modified on 28 February 2021 3:30 pm