Congo-bound: IAF146;s largest peace force

As nine helicopters, including gunships, leave for the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 12, it will form the largest contingent on a UN peacekeeping mission by the Indian Air Force.

The IAF will be accompanied by a company roughly 90 troops of infantry troops, which will be deployed as part of the multilateral peacekeeping force deployed in Congo. According to Air Headquarters officials, the IAF team will be deployed in the eastern part of Congo where the UN peacekeeping force is deployed.