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flag In Feb 2026, India’s air force used Mi-17 V5 helicopters to fight wildfires in northeastern India, dropping nearly 140,000 liters of water amid challenging conditions.

flag In February 2026, the Indian Air Force used Mi-17 V5 helicopters to fight wildfires in northeastern India, dropping 139,800 liters of water in Arunachal Pradesh’s Walong region and continuing operations in Nagaland’s Dzukou Valley, drawing water from Padumpokhiri Lake. flag Challenges included steep terrain, low visibility, and thin air. flag Air Vice Marshal Ajay Kunnath stressed the need for AI-driven, probabilistic models to achieve near-zero error in high-stakes aviation, advocating for human-on-the-loop and eventually autonomous systems, while warning that even 95% accuracy is insufficient without better data and domain-specific adaptation.

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