The first of the heavy lift transport planes, the C-17-Globemaster-III, is slated to land at the Hindon airbase near New Delhi on June 17.
Two more planes will follow over the next six weeks after which the IAF will conduct a formal induction ceremony of the first lot of three in August. At present, the planes will be based at Hindon, where the first lot of six medium lift C-130-Js, also procured from the US, have been based.
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