The military: Our last recourse

The Indian Air Force has imaginatively employed its new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft - six of which were purchased in 2010 from the United States for Rs 3,835 crore - to revive flagging rescue and relief efforts at Dharasu, in flood-hit Uttarakhand. With fuel running out for the Indian Air Force's Mi-17 helicopters that were flying relief missions from the small, 1,300-metre Dharasu airstrip, the C-130Js' game-changing ability to land on tiny airstrips was brought into play. 

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