IAF C-17 departs Hindon with Nepal relief cargo

An Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster loaded with HADR supplies, medicines and food packets prepares to depart Hindon Airbase, Ghaziabad, for flash flood-hit Nepal on 27 August 2026.

Indian Air Force and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel stand by a C-17 Globemaster at Hindon Airbase, Ghaziabad, ahead of its departure with relief cargo for flood-affected Nepal on 27 August 2026.

HADR material, medicines and food packets are loaded aboard an Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster at Hindon Airbase, Ghaziabad, before the aircraft departs for flash flood-hit Nepal on 27 August 2026.

Relief supplies including medicines and food packets are stowed aboard an IAF C-17 Globemaster at Hindon Airbase, Uttar Pradesh, as India responds to the flash flood crisis in Nepal on 27 August 2026.

A second consignment of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) supplies — including medicines and food packets — is prepared for airlift by the Indian Air Force from Hindon Airbase, Ghaziabad, to flood-hit Nepal on 27 August 2026.

The C-17 Globemaster, one of the Indian Air Force's largest strategic transport aircraft, carries HADR supplies, medicines and food packets from Ghaziabad's Hindon Airbase to flood-affected Nepal on 27 August 2026.

The Indian Air Force airlifts medicines and food packets as part of its HADR mission to Nepal, where flash floods have caused significant damage, departing from Hindon Airbase, Ghaziabad, on 27 August 2026.

Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, serves as the staging point for India's relief operations to Nepal, with IAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft ferrying HADR material, medicines and food packets on 27 August 2026.

From New Delhi, HADR supplies — medicines and food packets — are loaded onto an aircraft bound for flash flood-hit Nepal on 27 August 2026, as India's government coordinated the relief airlift.

India's humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) mission to Nepal includes medicines and food packets loaded onto aircraft in New Delhi, underscoring India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy in response to the 27 August 2026 flash flood crisis.