Centre Mulls Using IAF to Import Oxygen Containers Amid Shortage The Army and the IAF are already engaged in several parts of the country as India battles a dire COVID-19 situation. Comments The Central government is planning to engage the Indian Air Force (IAF) to airlift oxygen containers and equipment from other nations, as it deliberates importing the necessary to address the oxygen crisis in the country amid the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Army and the Air Force are already engaged as India battles a dire COVID-19 situation in several parts of the country. "The deliberations are still on," said a source, with regards to the import plans, adding that the places from where these containers and other equipment could be airlifted had been identified.