India has positioned one of its deadliest special forces at the LAC with new and advanced weaponry. Known for their elite combat capabilities, the IAF's Garud Special Forces have been deployed at high altitude positions along the China border for specialist operations.
IAF has deployed its trusted Mi17 V5 transport and heavy lift chopper for the rescue ops, one of the best helicopters in the world to perform HADR operations.
"A very successful operation that highlights the capabilities of our security forces", is how Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, former Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force (IAF), chose to describe the rescue of 46 of 48 people .
In the Pulwama encounter in which four terrorists were killed in an operation led by the Indian Army on Saturday, the Garud Special Forces operatives played an important role as the officer continued to fire at the terrorists despite being hit twice in the firefight, sources in the security establishment said.
In the Pulwama encounter in which four terrorists were killed in an operation led by the Indian Army on Saturday, the Garud Special Forces operatives played an