9 May 2024

Indian Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III visits Perth Airport, Western Australia: 5 May 2021

© David Eyre

A Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, serial number CB-8003, (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, made its first visit to Perth Airport, Western Australia on 5 May 2021.

The aircraft arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India.

The aircraft collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic situation in India, due to their own oxygen supplies running low.

The C-17 departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.

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CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which are urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks (visible to left and right of the aircraft), which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which are urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which are urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks (one is on the left), which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks (one is being loaded in this photo), which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks (one is being loaded in this photo), which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here being towed over to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 'Sky Lords' Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as 'IFC8921' direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here after being towed to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as 'IFC8921' at 1:30pm.
CB-8003 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (MSN 50260/F259/IND3) of 81 ‘Sky Lords’ Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 5 May 2021. Photo © David Eyre. First visit by an Indian AF C-17. Arrived at 5:37am as ‘IFC8921’ direct from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (on the outskirts of Delhi), India. Collected five large cryogenic oxygen tanks, which were urgently needed to deal with the COVID-19 situation in India. Seen here after being towed to bay 160 for two more tanks to be loaded. It departed to Chennai, India as ‘IFC8921’ at 1:30pm.