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NEW DELHI As part of efforts to build up military infrastructure along the border with China, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday said it plans to develop a fighter aircraft base at Nyoma in Ladakh and is upgrading seven airfields for carrying out 24X7 operations in the northeast.

The IAF is also considering extending the runway length and upgrading the Kargil airfield close to the Line of Control with Pakistan, said IAF chief NAK Browne.

“Nyoma is an important location for both the army and the IAF in the south east of Ladakh where we have good weather all round the year. The cost of developing the air base would be around Rs21,730 million and it will take 4-5 years to develop it,” he said, addressing the 81st Air Force Day press conference here.

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Browne said the proposal for developing the Nyoma air field was mooted in 2010 with the landing of an An-32 transport aircraft there. It is right now with the federal finance ministry and is expected to be taken up by the cabinet next month, he said.

“All types of aircraft including fighters, helicopters and transport aircraft would be able capable of being deployed and operated from there,” he said.

Browne said the airbase, located at an altitude of around 13,000 feet, is lower in height than the Advanced Landing Ground at Daulat Beg Oldie but was higher than the air bases in Leh and Thoise.

The IAF is operating with ‘much less’ aircraft than its authorised strength of 42 combat squadrons and in case of any further delay in the proposed 126 fighter jet deal, the force levels in the service will ‘go down rapidly’, Browne said.

“The authorisation is for 42 squadrons of fighter aircraft. Presently, we are much less than that. In the 12th and 13th Plan (2012-2022), we have to maintain a certain force level because that is where the maximum draw down is taking place. So, we lose a number of squadrons in these two plan periods,” he said.

“In case, Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft does not come to us in the end of the 12th Plan (2017), then our force levels will to go down rapidly,” Browne said.
 
With eye on China, India to create new air base at Nyoma | NDTV.com

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New Delhi: At the heart of a recent stand-off between India and China was the area surrounding Daulat Beg Oldie in Ladakh, one of the highest landing strips in the world. And now, within 100 miles of Daulat Beg Oldie, India is going to open a new air base at Nyoma. The air strip was last used in the 1960s, but was reopened in India in 2008.

In April, Chinese soldiers entered Indian territory at Daulat Beg Oldie and set up a group of nests, refusing to retreat for three weeks.

The area they had camped in was crucial for giving China's People's Liberation Army access to remote regions.

It took extensive negotiations between military commanders and diplomats of both countries to end that incursion.

Today, Air Force Chief NAK Browne said that the Nyoma airfield, strategically located in South Easten Ladakh where it overlooks a highway that's used by the Chinese army, will be expanded into a full-fledged airbase, allowing fighter planes and heavy transport aircraft to land here.

Nyoma is located at a height of 13,000 feet; India stopped using it after the war with China in 1962, but reactivated it in 2010.

Air Marshal Browne said he expects Nyoma to be completely operational by 2016-17. Nyoma will be used to station fighter jets and provide logistical help to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Ladakh Scouts which patrol the Line of Actual Control or de-facto border with China.

India is also upgrading all the seven Advance Landing Grounds (ALGs) in Arunachal Pradesh. All of them will be equipped for night landing, the Air Chief said.

These are not full-fledged air bases but landing strips which can be used to drop off troops and supplies. Some can be used for refueling fighter jets. The ALGs were deactivated after the 1962 India-China War. Developing them at a cost of nearly Rs. 700 crore is part of the exercise to rapidly build infrastructure along the India-China border.
 
Can someone post map locating indian air bases?
 
Building bases and building missiles, but can't to a damn thing when our military decides to enter India like a boss. Only thing India will ever be good at is boasting.
 
Can someone post map locating indian air bases?

Google it, why should anyone do any work for a cheerleading hater.!

Building bases and building missiles, but can't to a damn thing when our military decides to enter India like a boss. Only thing India will ever be good at is boasting.

How come not a single bullet is fired. Because no one raises them at each other. There are agreements and mechanisms in place to deal with situations on chino-Indo border.

So troll elsewhere.
 
Indian air force is pretty close to crashing their whole fleet. China should watch out for crashing IAF in Tibet border areas.
 
At lease the Japanese hit their targets but I cannot say the same for the Indian Pilots ! HA ha ha

Lmao.. is your avatar Man Mohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister?

lol, Like a Boss...
 

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