Frontier push: Mudh-Nyoma airbase inaugurated in Ladakh
New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Wednesday inaugurated the Mudh-Nyoma airbase in Ladakh by landing a C-130J special operations aircraft there, highlighting India's infrastructure push along its farthest frontiers, officials aware of the matter said.
Singh was accompanied by Western Air Command chief Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra, the officials added, asking not to be named. The Mudh-Nyoma air force station is located at a height of 13,700 feet and is 23 km from the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. The Rs.218-crore project was spearheaded by a crew of women officers from the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). Defence minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for the airbase in September 2023; he had then said it would be a "game-changer" for the armed forces....
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