siachen pioneers

A dead engine, sub-zero temperatures and even some artillery shelling did not faze these men, whose 1990 rescue has since become a legend.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) officials in Leh showed immense courage and took extreme risks last week when they rescued a group of 21 British trekkers, a French woman, and an Israeli mountaineer, who were stranded in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. This is how.