Our Correspondent

Jammu, February 19

‘Daring Dragons’, a helicopter unit of the Indian Air Force stationed at Udhampur, saved a woman’s life by airlifting her for timely treatment in Jammu on Tuesday.

Wg-Cdr Shivam Manchanda and Sq-Ldr MK Singh of the helicopter unit airlifted the woman in a critical condition with biliary malfunction from mountainous Kishtwar district in low light conditions.

Due to low light conditions, the Air Force officers landed at Jammu wearing night vision goggles where the IAF Station was ready to attend to the woman. Daring Dragons executed the mission professionally, keeping up the highest traditions of the IAF. Immediately after the evacuation, the woman was shifted to a hospital in Jammu for treatment.