New Delhi- The strategically significant Mudh-Nyoma airbase in Ladakh was on Wednesday operationalised with Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A P Singh landing at the base on board a C-130J transport aircraft.

The airbase is located at a height of around 13,000 feet and is at a distance of around 25 kms from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

The operationalisation of the airbase is expected to boost the Indian military’s combat readiness in the sensitive sector, officials said.

The Chief of Air Staff landed at the Mudh-Nyoma airbase on board a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, they said.

Air Chief Marshal Singh was accompanied at the airbase by Western Air Command chief Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra, the officials said.

The Rs 218-crore project to operationalise

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