T he Ministry of Defence, as per media reports , is planning to revive two defunct Advanced Landing Grounds located close to the Line of Actual Control with China — at Chushul in Eastern Ladakh and Anini in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang valley. The Anini ALG is a relic of World War 2 , when it was used to provide air transport logistics support from India to China via ‘The Hump’ route, which got its name from the treacherous terrain of the high eastern Himalayas over which pilots would fly . The Chushul airfield, meanwhile , played a significant role in the 1962 India-China War and went into disuse thereafter due to perceived sensitivities of China.

These initiatives are part of the Indian Air Force’s plans to build up forward airpower capabilities. Sin

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