The Indian Air Force provides regular relief operation for food and medical facilities around the world using its cargo aircraft most notably the Ilyushin Il-76 . The most recent relief operation of the IAF was in Kyrgyzstan . During the 2010 Ladakh floods , two Ilyushin Il-76 and four Antonov-32 aircraft of the IAF carried 30 tonnes of load , which include 125 rescue and relief personnel , medicines , generators , tents , portable X-ray machines and emergency rescue kits . A MI-17 helicopter and Cheetah helicopter were used to increase the effectiveness of the rescue operations . During the 2013 Uttrakhand Floods , the Indian armed forces took part in rescue operations . By 21 June 2013 , the Army had deployed 10,000 soldiers and 11 helicopters , the navy had sent 45 naval divers , and the Air force had deployed 43 aircraft including 36 helicopters . From 17 to 30 June 2013 , the IAF airlifted a total of 18,424 people — flying a total of 2,137 sorties and dropping/landing a total of 3,36,930 kg of relief material and equipment . The IAF participated in the rescue operation codenamed Operation Raahat and evacuated more than 4640 Indian citizens ( along with 960 foreign nationals from 41 countries ) from Yemen during the 2015 military intervention by Saudi Arabia and its allies in that country during the Yemeni Crisis
Uttrakhand Floods
2013 North India floods
Indian Armed Forces