On Apr. 30, 2021, the United States sent its first flight loaded with oxygen cylinders and regulators, N95 masks and COVID-19 rapid diagnostic kits to India as that country battled the Pandemic. In all, the U.S. expected to deliver more than $100 million in medical supplies to the U.S. partner nation.

A C-5M Super Galaxy loaded with oxygen cylinders and regulators, N95 masks and COVID-19 rapid diagnostic kits left Travis Air Force Base bound for India. The shipment is just the first. In all, the United States expects to deliver more than $100 million in medical supplies to the U.S. partner nation. The following day, a C-17 Globemaster III departed Travis AFB for India carrying additional oxygen cylinders and diagnostic kits.

The medical supplies were donated to India by the U.S. government though the U.S. Agency for International Development. Airmen with the 60th Air Mobility Wing are responsible for delivering those supplies.