India reopens airbase

Published June 1, 2008

NEW DELHI, May 31: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday reopened after 43 years the old airbase of Dawaltbaigh Oldi in Ladakh region, north of Leh in occupied Kashmir and close to the Chinese border.

The airbase was built in 1962 during the India-China war and closed in 1965.

“It is part of our efforts to improve air maintenance of far-flung posts in the region bordering China and Pakistan,” reports quoting IAF sources said. The airbase overlooking the Karakoram Pass is eight kilometres south of the Chinese border.—APP

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